lizard49
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that sure is purty. I hunted the pcik and pulls in San Jose and found nada. couple wreckers have them & want 550-600 for them pulled. so i have to kep saving and pray to find one online 1st.
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Which axles fit under a blazer without serious modification
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You might want to check again cash for cluncker has put a lot of cars into the wrecking yards. about 80% of the cars at my local wrecker were cash for clunckers.
Going to put an eaton elocker and some 5.13 gears in this axle.
lizard49
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yeah - i have expanded my internet searce into the sacramento and monterey areas. I was suprised that there where just old hulks in the pick and pull yards. I think the better wrecking yards bought them up or ended up with the clunkers.
lizard49
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ahhh coolness. I am still hunting for mine 
ahhh coolness. I am still hunting for mine
They are really easy to find up here. I think I saw 4 other ones when I found this one. Also easy to find on craigslist but I think they must be in love with their axles. People are asking $300 for 14 bolt SF axles in my area even though they can be had for $109 at the wrecking yard. I don't get it.....oh well can't expect everyone to understand supply and demand.
lizard49
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talked to guy in san jose who wants 400 for his. he " took a part out " of the carrier and now it is a single legger instead of posi. sounds like a deal huh?
lizard49
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well went ahead and got mine last weekend - 400 bucks. just got the 14 bolt sim kit from Ruff Stuff - totally heavy duty & the guy was cool. I highly recomend buying from them. I'll post the pics here later
tomorrow gotta start to cut and grind the old mounts off. this is gonna suck.
tomorrow gotta start to cut and grind the old mounts off. this is gonna suck.
COCHEV
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where in oregon are you?
I'm in beaverton but I got my axle from LKQ in portland.
I got the pinion and differential installed this weekend but my impact gun isn't strong enough to crush the coller to set the bearing preload. I'll be picking up a 500 ft-lb gun to hopefully finish the job sometime this week. More pictures to come when I get some time.
Cool congrats. Let me know how that goes it will be a while before I get to that point. I'm going to remove my shackles and install a set of ORD shackles while I have my axle out. Feel free to post in here. Please use a free image hosting sight like photobucket.com though so we can all see
lizard49
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3+ hours of cutting. didn't suck as bad as I thought 
next step is grinding the nubules smooth.
next step is grinding the nubules smooth.
I'm curious as to how you got your pinion out. I hit mine with a sledge hammer. The pinion is probably damaged but since I was replacing it I didn't really care. When I go to remove the 4.56 gears from the front 10 bolt I would like to actually save those if possible.
Anyone ever go and try and buy a brass hammer lately? I was surprised at how hard those are to find. Harbor frieght carries a 2.5 lbs version.
Anyone ever go and try and buy a brass hammer lately? I was surprised at how hard those are to find. Harbor frieght carries a 2.5 lbs version.
When I was rebuilding my 10-bolt rear, I just put the whole axle housing in my shop press, pinion nose facing up. Then I just pressed the bastard out...
The 10-bolt was light enough to do that with since everything, including the brakes, was removed for the rebuild.
When I was rebuilding my 10-bolt rear, I just put the whole axle housing in my shop press, pinion nose facing up. Then I just pressed the bastard out...
The 10-bolt was light enough to do that with since everything, including the brakes, was removed for the rebuild.
Haha thats funny! I used a 5 lb engineering hammer
I'm an engineer and I got a kick out of a 5lb sledge hammer being called an engineering hammer lol! 3 smacks and it popped right out.I have no intention of removing the front axle when I pull those gears out. I'd like to save the 4.56 gears so I can put them in my old rear 10 bolt. Maybe someone can make some use out of that 10 bolt. I'm a little worried about sticking a 5.13 in a 10 bolt front axle though. That pinion has got to be tiny. But since I dont do any heavy duty 4 wheeling I'm hoping it will last. I intend to leave the front free wheel and since the rear will be locked it shold carry most of the load.
Haha thats funny! I used a 5 lb engineering hammer
I have no intention of removing the front axle when I pull those gears out. I'd like to save the 4.56 gears so I can put them in my old rear 10 bolt. Maybe someone can make some use out of that 10 bolt. I'm a little worried about sticking a 5.13 in a 10 bolt front axle though. That pinion has got to be tiny. But since I dont do any heavy duty 4 wheeling I'm hoping it will last. I intend to leave the front free wheel and since the rear will be locked it shold carry most of the load.
Ah... I had to do it several times since I was trying to set up the gears.
I ground out the old pinion bearings so that they would slip on and off the pinion. This IMO worked well. Once I had the pattern I wanted I put the new bearing on with my 5lb engineering hammer
lizard49
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coolness - how long did that take you? I have to do mine as well and figure it is best to do it before i install the axle. the 1 i bought has 3.73 gears ( supposedly ) and i am running 35's. I think i want to go 4.56......
I would say if you have nothing but time to work on it and all the tools it should take about half a day. I did it over 2 weekends. I have 0 time during the week. It's been raining here a lot so that caused some downtime also. I had to figure out how to get the axle and the NSX in the garage at the same time.
I have 35" tires and 4.56 gears. If your not towing anything 4.56 is probably perfect. But if you intend to tow 4.56 just isn't low enough so I went with 5.13s.
