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Bob Baldwin (Bob4106) (69.132.81.70)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 11:10 am: | |
I called a place named The Axle Doctor. He came over to my house and was able to do the work in my drive way at home. We where able to save the axle. But needed to replace the tube or sleeve. The axle doctor had the tube. This job did not take no more then 4 hours and it was done. Ready for the bearings and hub. I order all the bearings seals and brake shoes to finish the job from Luke's. This was not cheap to get done. The axle doc fee was $1000.00. But it was done at my house and I got to see over the job. I'm posting this so the next person has an idea what he can do. Better then taken out and replacing the hole houseing |
Lee Bradley (140.178.68.172)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 1:25 pm: | |
I am not sure what you are saying. Did he replace the axle tube that the axle runs though and hub bearing run on? If so, how did he replace it? |
Gary McFarland (Gearheadgary) (209.128.79.46)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 2:03 pm: | |
Bob, He just milled out the housing and inserted a new stub, right?
I'm thinkin' a grand is pretty cheap, given the agony you would have had to endure to replace an axle housing.
Gary |
Bob Baldwin (Bob4106) (69.132.81.70)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 2:45 pm: | |
Thats true Gary
Yes Lee
What he did he cut the tube on each side inside the houesing. Split it. Then welded a piece of metal on the end where the axle goes thru. On the other side. I had to remove the axle so he took a long rod and drove it out. Then he heated the houesing up. Had some kind of fixture that bolted where the brake spider bolts too. Drove the new one in too the lenght as the old one was. Add to plug welds one at 3 and 9 a clock so the tube would never spin. He had all the tools and fixtures needed to do all this. |
Gary McFarland (Gearheadgary) (209.128.79.46)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 3:52 pm: | |
That's a pretty cool gig for him too, if he can do two a day, he could have a one-day work week!
Gary |
Marc Bourget (209.142.38.81)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 5:40 pm: | |
What did he do to index the new tube to ensure the brakes mounting fixtures were "Clocked" correctly?
Are there some marks on the banjo and the replacement tube that help in this regard?
This is the first time I've heard of this process and I'm curious
Onward and Upward |
jimmci9 (209.240.205.60)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 6:43 pm: | |
the inside of the axle housing has a machined ID...the 'load tube".. that the axle dr installed is a press fit... of maybe .005 or more..... if you were to remove the brake spiders, (to get it out of the way) and look closely at the axle housing, you can see plug welds that hold the load tube in... also if you were to look closely at the end of the banjo housing, you can see the seam-crack-whatever you wanna call it, where the load tube fits in the axle housing...the load tube is probabaly 10-12" up inside the axle housing.. if the 3rd member was removed, you could really see the load tube... |