Finally doing the rear axle
In the process of cleaning everything while waiting on my new axles from Doctor Diff.
I did learn one very important item from him...there are THREE different late model 29 spline 8.25 carriers. The difference is the diameter of the center pin. It does not effect axle length to the splines, but it DOES effect the size of the button past the C-clip groove. The carrier I have uses a center pin that is almost a 1/10 inch smaller than the stock one.
After that got figured out, I went about getting my brakes modded to fit. Right side is done, left wide will be done Saturday, then it's on to cleaning and replacing axle bearings. I am going to do the housing in Rust Bullet, but I am going to paint it with some Valspar Industrial Anti-Rust Semi-Gloss Black...any paint with directions that start off with "NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL USE" is my kind of paint. Northern Tool had it on clearance. I figure that paint over the Rust Bullet should last a very long time.
Mocking up the brakes after grinding out the center hole...Just need to powder coat -
In the process of cleaning everything while waiting on my new axles from Doctor Diff.
I did learn one very important item from him...there are THREE different late model 29 spline 8.25 carriers. The difference is the diameter of the center pin. It does not effect axle length to the splines, but it DOES effect the size of the button past the C-clip groove. The carrier I have uses a center pin that is almost a 1/10 inch smaller than the stock one.
After that got figured out, I went about getting my brakes modded to fit. Right side is done, left wide will be done Saturday, then it's on to cleaning and replacing axle bearings. I am going to do the housing in Rust Bullet, but I am going to paint it with some Valspar Industrial Anti-Rust Semi-Gloss Black...any paint with directions that start off with "NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL USE" is my kind of paint. Northern Tool had it on clearance. I figure that paint over the Rust Bullet should last a very long time.
Mocking up the brakes after grinding out the center hole...Just need to powder coat -