Front axle retube longside

[rharr]

You would be better off cutting the fad housing from the tubes. Prepping the tube ends and having a custom lathe turned thick walled (10mm to match tube thickness) sleeve replace the FAD housing.

You would still need a jig but you wouldn't have to screw with disturbing the diff housing or the C attachment.

Again a lot of work for little reward. Only makes sense if you have a axle with a broken FAD housing. Even then buy new might still be cheaper.

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[Stinggrey 21 Rubi]

I was looking at that to
3.5 dom 3/8 wall might be the ticket
If i can find a broken axle to tinker with i might give it a try

 

[Zachanadandy]

I was looking at that to
3.5 dom 3/8 wall might be the ticket
If i can find a broken axle to tinker with i might give it a try

Kind of off topic but related. The OEM started listing wall thickness in mm with the new axles, are they actually thicker than the nearest standard measurements? The 10mm tubes would be .394" vs a 3/8" tube at .375" . The 7mm tubes in JLs would be .276" vs .25". Are they thicker than the 1/4" or 3/8" tubes in reality or is it semantics with some rounding up to sound bigger? I still think simply trussing the axle would do much more for strength than the retube with far less work.

 

[Stinggrey 21 Rubi]

I only need a broken assy to give it a try. I will make a holding and alignment fixture on a large beam of steel

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