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well, looks like the buyer welched on the truck, gotta relist it for sale. Guess I should mention CTIS will now be disabled on the front axle =/

The main issue is right now the old bearing and race are stuck on the spindle, preventing me from getting the hub and drum off. Not much room to work with

Well, looks like im going to just convert the one side to A2 stuff, with the new seals, bearings and spindle. Is the hub going to be the same, or will I need to snag one off a parts truck?

Im gonna call a few of them tomorrow and see what I can come up with. Right now, CTIS is not working, there's a leak in the rear most axle somewhere, and my $400 for work I had done by CM Automotive on the controller was for naught, as the **** thing is going haywire again. He wants the...

I'm trying to source the spindles, but no luck so far =/ part number i need is 12448552

The A3 spindles are side-dependent because of the CTIS system. This is turning into possibly the worst case scenario here. Even if I get this drum off, there seems to be several small A3-specific parts that may not be worth replacing, vs swapping the entire front axle :-(

True. I was going to attempt to use a donor rear axle for the bearings and hub (since it looks like the races are hosed), but it looks like the spindle is trashed too. Might just end up having to replace the entire front axle at this point. Unless someone else

I forgot about that part actually (DOH). The drum has about 1/2" of play in and out, and can oscillate a bit, but appears to be held up by what's left of the outer wheel bearing. There seems to be play in everything except between the bearing and spindle. That said, I've had **** of a time...

Well, finally sold the A3 I had, and went to work on the brakes for the new owner, when I discovered it wasnt just brakes. Apparently the heat from dragging shoes destroyed the outer wheel bearing, and pretty much seized up (or welded) the body of the bearing to the spindle. Had to pull the...