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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Bubba on November 30, 2015, 06:09:21 AM

Title: tj axle shaft
Post by: Bubba on November 30, 2015, 06:09:21 AM

yesters i stripped a dana 44 from a tj nothing odd in that but i was surprised to find the pressed locking collar had been welded to the shafts  i have only ever come across this once on a tj and in that case it was to make a bodge repair sound  but the shaft was bent

i am wondering if anyone has heard of this as some kind of accepted practice 

Title: Re: tj axle shaft
Post by: Mike Pavelin on November 30, 2015, 06:55:51 PM

I reckon the previous 'mechanic' didn't have a press so he cut the original one off to replace a bearing or seal and then filed the new ring so it was easy to put on, then welded it.

Title: Re: tj axle shaft
Post by: Bubba on December 01, 2015, 08:31:32 PM

thats sorta my thinking