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axle tubes pulled out

daylton

daylton

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okay a little bit of background story.
i went off roading by the creek and i was going through some "jeep" trails
so i was pinstriping quite a bit. well not knowing one of the braches ripped my breather tube off my differential i crossed the creek. so needless to say i took the truck to the hobby shop cause i had a leak and found that out....
well as i took it all apart new seals. from axle seals to spindle seals to pinion seal and bearing.
i was trying to get my driver side seal back in and it would not go back in.
so started cleaning it up some more and found that my axle tube barely was hanging in my diff housing. so i took it to a shop here in yuma and he
pressed it back in and welded it on. (told me i sheared my tube holster)

well as its apart still (working on 2 weeks now) i have takin apart everything from the front end, and cleaning it up and replacing all bushings, and repainting the peices with chasis saver.

so my so called $40 fix has turned into over $200 fix.. :dunno:.
i will have pictures as soon as i can get them up.. and sorry i havent been around much fellas. been working my butt off.
 
there was but i forgot as i was typing [entertaining a puppy (boxer/shep mix) and (2 yr red nose pit and lab mix)] well how does that happen though? and is there a way to stop it from happening.
 
daylton said:
there was but i forgot as i was typing [entertaining a puppy (boxer/shep mix) and (2 yr red nose pit and lab mix)] well how does that happen though? and is there a way to stop it from happening.
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The tubes are normally just plug welded in from a hole in the housing, if i remember correctly.

Often times, guys will weld the whole circumference of the tube to the housing to try and strengthen it.

If all that stuff only cost you $200, sounds like a great deal.
 
dhcomp said:
The tubes are normally just plug welded in from a hole in the housing, if i remember correctly.

Often times, guys will weld the whole circumference of the tube to the housing to try and strengthen it.

If all that stuff only cost you $200, sounds like a great deal.
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he pretty much nailed in on both parts.
 
so far, thats excluded paint but thats always just a pain. i have to check the rest of bearings still, im just not sure on how to tell if they are good. (the spindle bearing wheel bearing and theres one more i think... ah pinion bearing
 
good stuff, i should be heading up on leave within the next 2-5 months depends on whats going on here. if my truck is ready ill drive it up but idk if it will be.
 
daylton said:
so far, thats excluded paint but thats always just a pain. i have to check the rest of bearings still, im just not sure on how to tell if they are good. (the spindle bearing wheel bearing and theres one more i think... ah pinion bearing
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If your pinion bearing is bad, you'll be removing and reinstalling gears. As long as its not leaking, i'd leave it.


Now you just have to hope your axle is still straight, and the shop properly welded the tubes.
 
daylton said:
good stuff, i should be heading up on leave within the next 2-5 months depends on whats going on here. if my truck is ready ill drive it up but idk if it will be.
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If you let me know in advance, Me, you, and Chris can go wheelin'.
Even if you don't have yer rig up, yet.

You can ride in the Beast... :D
 
That dark pic bugs the hell out of me, Dan....

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Depending on the axles and what you want to spend, you could do a weld on truss, that would tie the tubes to the center chunk.
 
I realize that this is not your type rear end, at least I assume it isn't, but Ford had a bunch of 9 inch rear ends that the axle tubes were not welded properly.

My '79 had one. I kept getting a slight leak at the seam of the axle tube and housing. Took it back several times under warranty.
Finally they fixed the leak.

Couple of years later, I was under the truck checking on something and discovered that the tube had slid out about halfway.
It had been welded all the way around from the factory, but the entire weld missed the housing except for a couple of places which were holding it on.

Even though there was a recall on it, all the local dealer had done was pack large amounts of black silicone rubber around the seam to try to seal it.

I jacked it up, ran into the wheel with the back end of a fork lift and then drove it carefully down to a welder shop I knew that did axle work.

We took both axles out, took out the third member.
Pulled the tube out, blew off all the old weld with a torch. Pressed it back in and checked the alignment.

Then he welded it back right and re-welded the other tube.

While we had it apart, we welded a 1/2 inch thick steel plate on the flat part of the bottom of the housing and tapered the edges so it would slide over stumps and things.
Then drilled and tapped it, and screwed in an Allen head pipe plug that went in flush.

That way, I was able to drain and refill it after some water crossing. 9 inchers don't have covers, so the only way to drain it otherwise was to pull both axles and then the third member.
 
alright its looking like about december time frame now i just took emergency leave.. so itll prob be around then..
and i put the truck back together tomorrow hopefully its straight if not,
i know a guy thats selling one.
 
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