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[Nosebolt]

finaly sorted out the cash for my one piece axel kit, Dave at llama4x4 has a shipment expected mid december and hopefully is bringing them over for me :lol:  :-D  

[Tank]

Hope your jeep wasnt Quadratrac...... :roll:

[Nosebolt]

na amc20 narrow

[Tank]

Thats good then,practically give away some one piece shafts but for Quadratrac

[Nosebolt]

job done (allmost) a set of AlloyUSA one piece shafts ordered and should be here in 6-10 days, as long as Im not in one of the HRH holiday camps  :lol:

[xr6jeeper]

job done (allmost) a set of AlloyUSA one piece shafts ordered and should be here in 6-10 days, as long as Im not in one of the HRH holiday camps  :lol:

What make are they? moser?

[Nosebolt]

these ones

[xr6jeeper]

I cant see what make they are , the main thing you need to know is are they friction welded or are they forged.
Take a look at this,
http://www.jpmagazine.com/techarticles/ ... index.html

[Nosebolt]

they are made by 'Alloy USA'

[xr6jeeper]

I personally have never heard of aa, the names superior, moser, currie bros, etc ring bells because they all are famous for axle components.
are they forged?
dunno
http://www.shopwiki.com/search/ALLOY+CJ ... C+AXLE+KIT

[Bubba]

they are fine trust me    moser are cool but i bent mine

[xr6jeeper]

they are fine trust me    moser are cool but i bent mine

Maybe you should get some made by strange, you wont bend those

[xr6jeeper]

Hey nosebolt! how much end play are you giving the shafts?

[Nosebolt]

Hey nosebolt! how much end play are you giving the shafts?

I have this fool proof technique, first I read the instructions, and then when I am fully confused I ring Bubba :evil:

[xr6jeeper]

The only reason i ask is cus ive read some have shims and some dont,  

[Bubba]

the factory uses shims on the lefft hand side to set both sides viea a block that pushes on the righthand side thus setting both sides moser shafts do away the the shims n block not sure about the aloy usa ones

[Nosebolt]

Kit has arrived :lol:

[Bubba]

well done mate

[xr6jeeper]

So whats the end float, 4 thou ish?

[Nosebolt]

it says the outer face of the bearing should be 0.020"-0.060" proud of flange at end of axle, dont know how that relates to end float

[Nosebolt]

Not the best day I have ever had in the workshop

Bloke whose press I was going to use went home early.

Flange seized onto shaft on passenger side, broke my puller. Had to break old bearing to get brake plate and retainer off.

Then like a prat I used an old outer bearing shell to drift home the spacer in the axle tube and got it stuck.

So ended the day with CJ on axle stands, no shafts or wheels fitted, a bit jammed in where I don’t want it and some broken tools. Here’s hoping next year gets better

[normalbloke]

That's dis-heartening.However,walking away and having a break(enforced or not) will make the next session far more productive and before you know it,the bugger will be fixed and running stunningly!I have just re-mot'd my 360 CJ7 and have been roaring around in it like a fool over the Crimbo hols,kind of forgot how much fun it is!

Good luck!

[Nosebolt]

OK back to where I should have been yesterday, all the bits that needed to come out are out, gears are back in the dif, and only destroyed one bit that was needed (making a new spacer tomorrow when m8 lets me into his machine shop).
So as long a Snowy is about so I can use his press might get the CJ rolling again tomorrow.
Did use the down time to pretty up a few bits.







I really don’t like the rear springs or the shackles but will just have to be added to the list of things needed, along with new prop shafts and front shock towers.

[Nosebolt]

allmost all done, just fluids to do. (bleed brakes & oil in diff) and put wheels back on  :-D

[Bubba]

well done dood