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Dec 13, 2006 | 12:53 AM

Timmer

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F&*^*N Axle

Okay, can someone please tell me what the igit engineer was thinking that made the axle go through the pipe side of HD's? I love to wrench on my stuff but it helps when stuff actually makes sense. Tim

Dec 13, 2006 | 12:58 AM

fatboylust

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Sorry, don't know why, but after the first time you will turn it around so the next time it won't be a problem.

Again, sorry.
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Dec 13, 2006 | 01:10 AM

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Make sure you clean the axle up an apply some lithium grease to it when you reinstall it. Mine was abear to get out the first time, at 8000 miles.

DougJ

Dec 13, 2006 | 01:14 AM

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The pipes weren't there when the axel was installed, therefore no problem...

Dec 13, 2006 | 02:32 AM

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RE: F&*^*N Axle

He was thinkin........"Frank will never put the pipes on this side"..............

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ORIGINAL: TimmerK

Okay, can someone please tell me what the igit engineer was thinking that made the axle go through the pipe side of HD's? I love to wrench on my stuff but it helps when stuff actually makes sense. Tim

Dec 13, 2006 | 08:29 AM

RudeDog

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OR... Maybe they had a temp doing axels those days. They are sometimes hard to train correctly.

Dec 13, 2006 | 04:06 PM

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I read somewhere that it has to do with the possibility of the bearing freezing on the axel, spinning, it then causing the axel to unsrew from the nut. Seems like a stretch to me but I am not a failure analyst.
Instead of taking off the muffler, I tied down the front end, and lifted the back with a jack. Pull the lower shock bolts and you can pull the axel out.
Dan
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Dec 13, 2006 | 04:10 PM

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Quote:

ORIGINAL: duet

I read somewhere that it has to do with the possibility of the bearing freezing on the axel, spinning, it then causing the axel to unsrew from the nut. Seems like a stretch to me but I am not a failure analyst.
Instead of taking off the muffler, I tied down the front end, and lifted the back with a jack. Pull the lower shock bolts and you can pull the axel out.
Dan
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Which is precisely why reverse threads were invented, but not apparently used in this application.

Weren't reverse threads used on the clutch pack on Shovels?....it's been a long time