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Old 01-24-2008, 07:35 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by thor's64jetstar88 View Post
Hello. I have an axle delima. My 64 olds jetstar 88 has a bent axle, and after hours of research so far, not one has come into focus. PLEASE HELP-ANYONE! It is the smaller, weaker original jetstar 88 axle, which apparently also has weak bearings. Anyone got an axle shaft for sale, I'm interested. This one is 28 spline, 5 on 4 1/2 bolt pattern, in the original olds 10 bolt. This is quickly becoming the biggest problem so far with this thing, but old olds are great because they are different.
It's a 5 x 4 3/4" bolt circle and the axle is unique to the 1964 J88, so good luck. Your post isn't clear - did you bend the axle shaft or the whole axle housing? If it's the axle shaft, most of the after market custom axle vendors (Strange, Mark Williams, etc) can make one for a reasonable price. If the housing is bent, a good axle specialty house can straighten it and even replace the tubes if necessary.
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