[Red Ibex]

Whats the little red pipe on the knuckle ?
Breather or some kind of oil feed for the bushes ?
Its not on the other 404 axles I've seen.

 

[ulwembu]

It's an axle from a Belgian 404. I have only seen these little breather tubes on the Belgian trucks. They are connected to a little breather tube on the main axle housing so you only have one breather tube that you need to heighten for deep water fording ;-)

 

[Scout Dude]

BTW, it turns out that the axles only weigh 200lbs each once you remove all the fawking paint! :laughing:

 

[bigtoyfreak]

hmm, well I guess that my diffs are Belgian too then. The vent tube on the each portal connect to those tubes on the knuckles via a rubber hose, the portals are vented into the diff housing. I was wondering why no one elses 404's had the same setup.

 

[Red Ibex]

Cool - so I'll link the portal breather into that then, and just vent the main axle to the atmosphere - sorted

 

[taradon]

Swiss axles are like this too, it is a good thing to have on and it is a breather that vents into the housing so you only have one vent hose going up to a high place.

Don