- Location
- Westminster, SoCal
OK, I've just pulled the shafts out of my dad's jeep yesterday to put bigger drums on and encountered couple weird things:
1. There was an inner seal on the other side of the shaft bearing: does this mean that the inside of the axle tube is not filled with fluid? It didn't seem to really spill when I pulled the shafts out and it looked like there were some dry rust flakes inside the tube.
2. The axleshaft looked like it was splined on both ends and the flange end was bolted on
3. What is the main weakness of the non cclip axle? The axle shafts are beefier then the c clip version so that's a step forward but what's left? The tubes looked to have been made from somewhat thick material? How weak is the R&P?
1. There was an inner seal on the other side of the shaft bearing: does this mean that the inside of the axle tube is not filled with fluid? It didn't seem to really spill when I pulled the shafts out and it looked like there were some dry rust flakes inside the tube.
2. The axleshaft looked like it was splined on both ends and the flange end was bolted on
3. What is the main weakness of the non cclip axle? The axle shafts are beefier then the c clip version so that's a step forward but what's left? The tubes looked to have been made from somewhat thick material? How weak is the R&P?