Drivetrain: How to Install Axles and CAB's (56k time to upgrade)

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Feb 27, 2012 | 10:26 AM

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ItalianJoe1

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I have been beating the **** out of it for 2 hours. It just wont budge. I'm thinking of tieing a chain to the bracket on the shaft and another chain on the axle and tieing both ends to separate cars and driving off

You would just destroy the carrier bearing doing that, or the axle, or both.

Feb 27, 2012 | 10:36 AM

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I don't think I have the driver side axle in right. When I started refilling the tranny with fluid it started to leak out from under the axle. There's a gap between the tranny and where the end of the axle steps up in diameter. Is tye step up in diameter suppose to be flush against the tranny?????

It shouldn't leak, so it's probably not in all the way. If you can see the shiny spline part of the axle it isn't in far enough. It should pop in to place, there's a spring clip on the end of the inner spline that keeps the axle snug in the diff.

Apr 2, 2012 | 01:41 AM

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nice write up! didn't read through all of it just the first page but do you know the torque specs for everything you need to swap axles out?

Apr 12, 2012 | 04:33 PM

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nice write up! didn't read through all of it just the first page but do you know the torque specs for everything you need to swap axles out?

anybody know the torque specs? i'm changing mine tomorrow

Jul 8, 2014 | 07:22 PM

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Thanks

Jul 8, 2014 | 08:18 PM

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saved for later and nice write up!!

Jul 9, 2014 | 10:03 AM

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Would you need an alignment after you replace your axles?

Jul 10, 2014 | 07:29 PM

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No you don't need an alignment after an axle replacement.

Jul 10, 2014 | 07:43 PM

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I was looking at the OP's rust-free suspension and noticed he was from Michigan. First I figured there was no way this guy drove his car in the winter. Second I thought those bushings came out way too easily.

Then I saw the thread was from 2006... lol