|
03-19-2014, 07:56 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Clarkston, Michigan
Posts: 461
|
bent axle
anyone have a good way to check for a bent axle. my d44 may have a slight smile in it but not noticeable to the naked eye. any ideas or tricks ??
|
|
|
|
03-19-2014, 08:39 PM
|
#2 |
|
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Hayes Va
Posts: 4,569
|
Re: bent axle
Not sure a good way to do it in the truck. I have checked several in the lathe.
Jimmy
__________________
60 to 66 Chevy and GMC window decals http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=661131 Good friends, good food and a hotrod what else do you need? 1966 BBW long fleet Daily driver 1965 BBW short fleet Sold and going to a good home 1965 Suburban 2003 3500 Duramax 2005 Ultra Classic |
|
|
|
|
03-19-2014, 08:45 PM
|
#3 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Didsbury Alberta Canada
Posts: 177
|
Re: bent axle
remove the carrier and shafts and use an alignment bar.
.... Looking for the procedure will post when i find it general idea The best way is to get a straight peice of round stock steel that is as close in diameter as possible to the splined end of your axle shafts. Remove the shafts and slide the steel rod through the housing so it protrudes from each exle flange (if you have a thrust block installed you'll have to take it out to be able to slide the rod through). Then take mesurements from the top and bottom of the rod to the bearing bore. If the measurements between top and bottom aren't equal on either tube then it's bent up or down relative to the centerline of the differential case. |
|
|
|
 |
| Bookmarks |
|
|
Linear Mode
