front axle with arb ? (1 Viewer)

[peesalot]

How much rotation or free play is acceptable with hubs locked and turning driveshaft back and forth .?
I get almost a quarter turn.

 

[Yoda]

Sounds like the backlash isn't set correctly??

 

[Pin_Head]

It is not a big deal. The drive shaft slop is the sum total of all of the clearances in the ring gear, spider and side gears, splines, birfields and hubs. If you have a locker, it usually increases the slop.

 

[Ian Rogers]

what type of axle drum or disk .... disk will tend to be tighter than drum because of the spline count on the hub of the birf

 

[jcj_78FJ40]

I just installed an ARB in the front of mine. I checked and rechecked the backlash and preload many times before I installed it. While reassembling, I noticed there was quite of bit of play in the driveshaft. It is the same way in my FJ80 so I didn’t worry about it.

 

[Poser]

How much rotation or free play is acceptable with hubs locked and turning driveshaft back and forth .?
I get almost a quarter turn.

Run it John, it sounds fine to me.


Good luck!


-Steve

 

[Rock_Hugger]

Run it, that sounds about normall.