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I had to buy some tools to do this front axle job. The arrow points to a side bearing nut adjuster adapter tool I bought on eBay from some dude in Louisiana named Earl Zimmer 2. For some reason his fictitious sounding name made me feel confident.
The old pinion flange is in the pic because I’ll be attempting to turn it to a pinion flange holding tool. Hoping my little Hypertherm 30 will whack through it. Pretty sure it will
Sterret dial indicators rock the wallet so I picked up this Mytutoyo Japan made dial indicator for $208 at Global Industries. Let’s get to cutting and creating.
By the way, my housing weighs 75 pounds including the hydro assist bracket and the plates welded on to reinforce the arm brackets. So it probably weighs 65ish pounds in stock form. We will weigh it again once I’m finished welding more to it.
The old pinion flange is in the pic because I’ll be attempting to turn it to a pinion flange holding tool. Hoping my little Hypertherm 30 will whack through it. Pretty sure it will
Sterret dial indicators rock the wallet so I picked up this Mytutoyo Japan made dial indicator for $208 at Global Industries. Let’s get to cutting and creating.