yea, i pulled the drum and the thing is caked with gear oil. im going to the auto parts store tomorrow to get some brake cleaner, clean it up a little bit to see if that helps. if not, i might have to rebuild the brakes. and you mean the bearing as in this-
![](http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac231/87yoder/bearing.png)
because i am actually planning on getting marlins rear axle rebuild kit, soon as i can.