Land Shark
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Definitely a better option.
What are you working on? (19 Viewers)
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FamilyCamper
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Never too early
So the axle saga continues.....the new thicker drive flange leaves about 1/8" or so gap between drive flange and C clip groove. The idea of the axle being to back and forth im guessing is would cause wear issue's on inner seal ect.When compared to my original it's definitely a significant difference. Thoughts?
Pics are original flange vs new flange
Pics are original flange vs new flange
Land Shark
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man! you can't catch a break...
Land Shark
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Hope this pulls it tight.
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Hope that works but should have been sent out with axles..... Glad they are stepping up. I have always had good luck with them...
BTW I am a dealer for them as well...
BTW I am a dealer for them as well...
Part should be here in couple days. I agree Rob, if it's needed then include it.
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How long ago were the axles bought? Only ask because I’ve read elsewhere they do send the “washers” with orders now. Seems like this issue started showing up just a few month ago.
That being said. Looks like to me they tried to save a few bucks and just cast one outer for both axle types without telling people and used the masses as test subjects to figure out solutions.
Glad everything is sorting itself out!
Replaced the idler bearing because I was hearing a squeak when AC was on.
Still had a squeak after buttoning everything back up. Walked around the vehicle and found out it was just the heat shield on the cat.
PS. My undercarriage is a little cleaner now
Still had a squeak after buttoning everything back up. Walked around the vehicle and found out it was just the heat shield on the cat.
PS. My undercarriage is a little cleaner now
Rcv spline spacers have arrived, should finish up tomorrow morning.
Finally! Had more hurdles, had to grind down the outer diameter of spacer sent from RCV. The dust cap wouldn't fit over it/super tight. Had to replace the zerk fitting because even with the deeper trail gear dust caps it prevented the dust cap from seating all the way. Zerk fitting is M8x1.25, I found a shallow one at tractor supply in a kit. The TG dust cap are a bit tight, so they will be fun to remove in the future.
That deal David P found from trail gear at 50% off might be worth a try at that price.
Since Mr. @Land Shark gave me a deal on his old fridge, I figured I’d give the Slum Cruiser a nice electrical upgrade. Haven’t decided exactly on battery placement /type but have everything mounted, power cable ran to the front and connected to the battery. As of right now redarc has been bypassed until 2nd battery has been installed.
Also installed some sound deadener behind everything. All panels from DeltaVS, used BlueSea CB’s and fuse panel and Auxbeam 8 gang switch panel to control lights and such in the future.
Also installed some sound deadener behind everything. All panels from DeltaVS, used BlueSea CB’s and fuse panel and Auxbeam 8 gang switch panel to control lights and such in the future.
What year is your 80?
Its a 94
You'll have same issues I did then. When you budget for chromoly axles, you'll need to buy a 95 to 97 drive flanges, ( i also got new cone washers, washers, lock ring and nuts, total from oursman was $300 includingdrive flanges), TG dust cap, rcv spline spacer, and a shallow m8x1.25 zerk fitting or you could plug it. This is if you go rcv. Not sure if TG or Nitro axles would be a different story.
From what @matzell said, the TG axles are no longer made by RCV. I'll do more research before I buy but I'd likely get the 300M axles so I have no future worries when I go to 37s (in a few years)
From reading I've done, you might want to go to a part time 4wd kit with the 300M axles. I'm not 100% sure on this but I remember that being a recommendation