messed up axle
03-25-2015, 12:25 PM
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messed up axle Well I ran into a isue last night when removing the crash ring from the axles on my 9" rear end. I used the die grinder but I ended up slipping and cutting into one axle. What is rule of thumb when doing this? I attached a pic of how bad it is.
I measured the depth and in the worse spot it's 2/32"...I hope it's not bad enough were I've got to change axles but by the looks of it I might be close to the boarder line
I measured the depth and in the worse spot it's 2/32"...I hope it's not bad enough were I've got to change axles but by the looks of it I might be close to the boarder line
03-25-2015, 03:59 PM
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I'd say you need a new axle. You could blend it out with a generous chamfer to eliminate stress risers that will cause the axle to crack, BUT the reworked area looks like it will extend under the wedding ring and cause it to not have the correct interference fit. New axle time.