36 3/8" and 32 1/4" 14 bolt axle shafts..

[Swampwalker3]

Odd. I was going to use a set of shafts I had from the bum axle to use in this one but ran into an odd problem.

The long side is 36 3/8" which is actually a tad bit shorter than a SRW shaft. However, this shaft will not completely seat against the wheel hub..
The short side is 32 1/4" long which is actually longer than the SWR short side yet this shaft will fully seat against the wheel hub.

I was thinking about just cutting down the long side because I thought it to be too long but...

Im mainly just curious about this situation.

 

[NEK5]

Interesting...a 14b axle with different length shafts....

 

[shaun89]

Interesting...a 14b axle with different length shafts....

all 14bff have different length axle shafts, the longer one is the passenger side if i remember correctly....

 

[NEK5]

all 14bff have different length axle shafts, the longer one is the passenger side if i remember correctly....

Strange. For what reason?

Hmm, learn something new everyday...

 

[Swampwalker3]

Yeah, the weird part is that [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SRW/C&C - 37-5/8" / 31-5/8" is what Im currently dealing with and the shafts I have are kinda weird with the side thats too long numerically will fit while the other will not even though its numerically shorter.[/FONT]

 

[sandawgk5]

Did they come from a Van width? I know the van width axles are an odd length.

Dik

 

[Swampwalker3]

I honestly couldn't tell you. The driver side seems to fit, no bottoming out or anything so I may just take the pass. side and just shave off some material until it fits.

Tired of spending money..

 

[lectric80]

Strange. For what reason?

Hmm, learn something new everyday...

They are offset like this to force the needle bearings in the universal to turn. Without this it would cause the needle bearings to stay in one place and eat into the caps.

 

[1979jimmy350]

you only need a few degrees of difference for that, if you look at most other axles they do not have such a large offset, the off set is due to the design of the 14 bolt housing with the removable pinion support. I believe that the 11.5 does not have this large offset in the carrier or when the axle is assembled.

They are offset like this to force the needle bearings in the universal to turn. Without this it would cause the needle bearings to stay in one place and eat into the caps.

 

[sandawgk5]

you only need a few degrees of difference for that, if you look at most other axles they do not have such a large offset, the off set is due to the design of the 14 bolt housing with the removable pinion support. I believe that the 11.5 does not have this large offset in the carrier or when the axle is assembled.

Yep the pinion is centered on this dif so the ring gear is offset. Therefore the shafts are different lengths.

What needles bearings are being discussed in the previous post? I did not see any needle bearings in my 14FF when I rebuilt it.

Dik

 

[BGKYK5]

As I understood it, the 14BFF axle shafts are different lengths to allow for a centered pinion yoke. Since the pinion is off to one side of the diff, that means the diff can't be centered.

 

[BGKYK5]

I think he is talking about the u-joints in the DS.