So some time has gone by and I've done some work not only on the axle problem but figuring out how to get pictures posted on here without all that I had in PhotoBucket. So here is where I am. I tore down the axle after it blew up, bought another axle to upgrade to the Dana 44, bought a LockRite locker to put in it and got everything cleaned up and assembled. Here is the problem now.
If you look closely at this picture you can see that the outer axle bearing cup is recessed into the axle housing making it impossible to shim the axles to set the backlash. I'm a bit stumped. One issue I've run into on this project is the parts I'm getting. Check this out.
What you are looking at here are two inner pi�on bearing cups from different suppliers. Pretty obvious that they are dramatically different in size. The larger one has grinding marks on it because I trimmed it down so that I could put it in and take it out easily to find out how much shimming I needed to set rotational torque. When I put the smaller one in (not noticing the size difference) it threw everything off and it wasn't til I pulled it apart that I noticed the difference in size.
The point of explaining all that is that I'm wondering if that might be the problem with the outer axle bearings and cups that I've installed. Have any of you guys run into an axle problem like this and also run into a problem with these aftermarket parts?
I'm trying to school myself on axle setup since I've not done this part before but its really a mind bender when the parts you get are a constant guessing game.
Anyway, here's the jeep I'm trying to get back on the road.
Thanks in advance
Tom
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