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
Thx for the pic's and build up thread.I always have wondered about doing this.How far are you from Palm Beach?I have a friend down there right now and he was asking me if I knew.
The diff. half's need to be bored, these are different from front and rear on this setup. The front will get a locker so you need to remove the bearings and bored to 2.030" and the inside will be counter bored for the shoulder on the locker, 2.380" at .950 deep.
Thx for the pic's and build up thread.I always have wondered about doing this.How far are you from Palm Beach?I have a friend down there right now and he was asking me if I knew.
They are. Steve Im doing the exact same thing this week. But when we went to bore the carrier halfs, mine had about .035 runout. Memphis Equipment had some NEW halfs and they were true to .003.
Great pictures and write, up I plan to have mine ready in a few weeks. Im glad you are posting the tec.
nice job on this write up Steve!! Great idea too for those that are having trouble with the stock axles and want to upgrade. Any chance you could offer up a price for the work pictured above? Does anyone make a bearing to replace the bushing in the spindle for the 2" shaft? Would putting a bearing there make it a weak point as it requires more machining to get it in there?
I will be installing the brakes next weekend(weather permitting). they look great and I hope the install is as easy as it seems.
Hey, thanks alot steve for doing this and letting people know what is involved. I know that dan is talking about doing a write up on his install to so i think this will help educate the public on these new 2 inch shafts. thanks for all the help and business guys. ro
nice job on this write up Steve!! Great idea too for those that are having trouble with the stock axles and want to upgrade. Any chance you could offer up a price for the work pictured above? Does anyone make a bearing to replace the bushing in the spindle for the 2" shaft? Would putting a bearing there make it a weak point as it requires more machining to get it in there?
I will be installing the brakes next weekend(weather permitting). they look great and I hope the install is as easy as it seems.
A roller bearing can used on the stock axles but there is not enough room with the 2" shafts. The bushing has .070 wall thickness. The rear axles will be up tonite.
Hey, thanks alot steve for doing this and letting people know what is involved. I know that dan is talking about doing a write up on his install to so i think this will help educate the public on these new 2 inch shafts. thanks for all the help and business guys. ro
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