These are the 2" X 47 spline, forged aircraft quality 4340 axles and components made buy Ouverson Eng. This customer asked for a locker in the front and mini spool for the rear. This will be a step by step machining procedure for installing this setup. steve
You can not rely on the spindle hole to guide a drill bit straight, these spindles are froged - the through hole is shaped by a mandrel (soild shaft through this piece yellow hot with forging hammers beating the crap out of it). When i bore these spindles this through hole is off 1/8" and crocked from the center line down inside.
Had another pic, (my god, what a mess) tomorrow i will post pics of the rig these 2" axles are in. They will be pressure tested this weekend, ******* florida style.
One hell of a right up Steve.I have a question a man asked me on another board earlier.Can you reshim the rockwell preload to get rid of part of the slop the gears have?If so do you sell a shim kit?Thx for any help sorry for intruding on your right up.
One hell of a right up Steve.I have a question a man asked me on another board earlier.Can you reshim the rockwell preload to get rid of part of the slop the gears have?If so do you sell a shim kit?Thx for any help sorry for intruding on your right up.
Great question, if you have a dial indicator and set it up to measure the end play and say it is .025, you remove this amout of shim but it must be taken from the small bearing end, do not take it from the pinion end.(this will change the back lash on the primary gear set) For the hard core guys the back lash can be measured and shims removed from both end to have .005 to .008 back lash with no end play. You can have a little preload but these are used bearings and too much will heat'em up, they are a long way from the oil supply.
I hope that's enough triangulation on your rear uppers. I have a similar amount (very long, shallow angle uppers) and I'm having to rework my tabs since everything is bending.
Here is the truck with these 2" axle sets. I will post pic's on the pressure testing tomorrow nite, get your droool rags ready. Those tires make the rockwells look like gulf cart axles.
Working on another set and got some pic's of how i remove the rear backing plates. Chuck u'm up in the rotary table and clamp the torch down and let it rip.
Here is the truck with these 2" axle sets. I will post pic's on the pressure testing tomorrow nite, get your droool rags ready. Those tires make the rockwells look like gulf cart axles.
dan, here is another one going on three years with no issues. 2 inch shafts, 875 hp alcohol injected, 64 inch tall tires, total chaos. this was after he rolled it. ro
it is. i was down there this spring visiting with steve and went over to dales and looked at his stuff. he has got it made, living so close to steve. lucky bastard. ro
heres my truck. 57 inch rice and canes, 750 hp 496ci. 8100 pound truck. 6 years of abuse on the old 39 spline 2 inch shafts with no issues whatsoever. so dan what are you worried about?:shaking:
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