This message is a reply to an archived post by budb4 on April 24, 2014 at 16:49:53.
The original subject was "Re: need help with 4wd front axel parts".
hello again, been busy for the last 4 months reengineering my front axle. what I did was to replace the inner half of the double u-joint with a regular cross joint and put a yoke on the inner axle. First I bored the bearing caps that I made years earlier to except the u-joint cap from a cross joint that was big and long enough to work. Next was to find a joke to fit the cross joint and that I could attach to the inner axle which is case hardened and could not be welded. I located a yoke for a power take off that had a 1 1/2" bore and a 3/8 keyway so turned down axle and cut in keyway and pressed on yoke which needed to be welded up so I could shorten it to make it fit in the short distance and into the axle housing. With a lot of work it's back on the farm. I'm attaching some pictures and hope their worth a thousand words and it can be done. Bud
The original subject was "Re: need help with 4wd front axel parts".
hello again, been busy for the last 4 months reengineering my front axle. what I did was to replace the inner half of the double u-joint with a regular cross joint and put a yoke on the inner axle. First I bored the bearing caps that I made years earlier to except the u-joint cap from a cross joint that was big and long enough to work. Next was to find a joke to fit the cross joint and that I could attach to the inner axle which is case hardened and could not be welded. I located a yoke for a power take off that had a 1 1/2" bore and a 3/8 keyway so turned down axle and cut in keyway and pressed on yoke which needed to be welded up so I could shorten it to make it fit in the short distance and into the axle housing. With a lot of work it's back on the farm. I'm attaching some pictures and hope their worth a thousand words and it can be done. Bud
