Would you use these axles
#1
Would you use these axles
I Bought a rear end the other day and the guy knew I was just lookin for the housing and axles. Just stuffing new guts into it. He even pulled an axle out a little to show the beating wasn't chewed up. Well...pull the axles and it looks like they have been sitting in water for a few years... would you use these axles? I'm putting an Eaton posi with a 3.73 gear into it. Street car, a little over 300hp to the wheels through a manual trans
#4
JMO but I would clean them up and have them magnafluxed for fractures/cracks before attempting to use them... Better to be safe then sorry, spend a little extra now instead of a whole lot more later...
#5
Unfortunately, a Magnuflux would probably exceed the cost of a new axle at $85. I'm trying to get a feel about how to go about this with the guy I got the rear end from. I would not have driven 400 miles round trip for this had I known the condition of the axles themselves. I was told it needs to be rebuilt, which I expected, but this is beyond throwing new bearings into...
#11
rear diff builder comments
looking at those axles.... I would not trust anything inside that rear...
MAunal trans - you can have a 100hp motor and snap an axle with stick shift trans.
Mag flux - do not bother.... as stated not worth the money on those parts. I sell NEW axles for 145.00 each.
Very heavy break down of the axle shafts look at the bearings they are massively pitted also.... these indicate break down of the axles...they are only case hardened metal surface - spend the money and can those shafts.
AGAIN- it is your car and diff. I am sure the axle seal surfaces are more what I would worried about as they will never seal with that kind of rust on the axles. YOUR LOOKING at major headaches there.
Jim
J D RAce
MAunal trans - you can have a 100hp motor and snap an axle with stick shift trans.
Mag flux - do not bother.... as stated not worth the money on those parts. I sell NEW axles for 145.00 each.
Very heavy break down of the axle shafts look at the bearings they are massively pitted also.... these indicate break down of the axles...they are only case hardened metal surface - spend the money and can those shafts.
AGAIN- it is your car and diff. I am sure the axle seal surfaces are more what I would worried about as they will never seal with that kind of rust on the axles. YOUR LOOKING at major headaches there.
Jim
J D RAce
Last edited by monzaz; February 21st, 2017 at 02:56 PM.
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