Topic: Welding on axle shaft end

[Eucalypta]

My buddy found some (used) shafts here, so thank you for the offer but we will try these first.

In my opinion, the axle shaft can freely move in and out. On the dif.side this movement is stopped by the cross shaft (top is rubbing), the c-clip prevent the shafts of moving out too much.
With some wear, this movement will increase and the axle can move more inward (not outward, the c-clip NR 33 keeps preventing that)



Will try and make some pictures when we exchange the shafts (have to open the diff to remove the c-clip)

[aw12345]

And why the assumption they're c-clip shafts?

Because they are talking about a Dana 35 C clip axle

[aw12345]

Another fix would be to make a sleeve that fits over the cross shaft and between the spider gears

[Eucalypta]

So, we opened the diff case and we could clearly see the play on the axle shaft.
When there is enough movement,the brake drum hits the back plate, generating a clunk when rounding a corner.
The shaft tip (from the c-clip spacing to the top) was 1.5mm shorter that the tip ofthe replacement axle shaft.
Also the C-clip had aprox. 0.2mm wear.
After replacing the axle shaft, the play on the axle was completely gone.

We might go on and weld and machine extra material on the old shafts to see how that works out. Just to have them as spare.

Two movies on the play of the shafts:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/FYEJz7T1-CI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/FYEJz7T1-CI</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/EkagrHkWbDE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/EkagrHkWbDE</a>