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I'm going to cut one off tomorrow. Thank you for the info. I hope the axle has enough spline to go all of the way in once the extra length is cut off.
A side note, my axles are 28 spline.
Very good, if I need to cut, this will be my plan. Thank you. Headed out to the truck now.
Ok, I'll try less grease this time. The 2.75 3rd member I pulled out had obvious wear on the shaft where the axle had been rubbing it, and the...
I just put in a good 3.73 trac loc unit, I pulled out a 2.75 open 3rd member thinking it was the problem.
I say fighting, but I am calm and relaxed, just perplexed. I did some measuring, from the cross shaft to the outside edge of the tube is 28". From...
Yes, the axle is hitting the cross shaft, I am heading out now to do more figuring. I've been fighting this for longer than I care to admit.
I am checking that today, thank you very much. F O T
I inquired at "Strange" and the tech guy replied that I must have a bent tube. I do not understand the thought process there. 5th page, wow.
Hemmings says on a '65 F100 the dimension is 57", which mine is from end to end to the bare flange with nothing installed on the housing.
Found it, thank you Hemmings was the ticket.
Where can I find a diagram that shows where to measure to and from? The measurement I get on my axle assy on my 65 F100 is 57" from end to end.
The drivers side axle is bottoming out on the 3rd member pin. I have tried 4 axles out of 65-66 F100 axle assemblies with the same issue. The...
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