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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2012, 09:08:00 am »
I didn't have any of these. I ended up buying a whole rear end to get it. I used both axles as my left side one was kinda beat at the wheel seal area.

Not sure what you mean by the outer spline? It snapped off just outside the spider gear.

The center pin would have had to come out for it to get inside with the gears. An axle useually doesn't break like this going down the road. It was the weight of the trailer, and letting the clutch out trying to get moving again. Have seen them break in heavy trucks like this. Dump truck in soft sand, or log trucks in mud. The driveway was muddy, and I didn't quit mqke it to the top. Went to start going again thats when it broke.
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2012, 03:43:31 pm »
So YELWSNO is back to his old self again now?
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2012, 03:54:04 pm »


The center pin would have had to come out for it to get inside with the gears. .

I just meant the third piece... if that was roaming around the differential
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2012, 04:23:18 pm »
Only found a couple tiny chunks in the center section. The rest wass all in the tube. I haven't got the brakes back together yet. Was going to do that today, but I woke up with a bad migraine. been fending that off all day! Heck I just got dressed about an hour agao!
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2012, 04:25:10 pm »
What is a SF going for in your parts?  Took me about 8 months to sell one out here in NW Indiana...
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2012, 07:46:02 pm »
I bought the front and rear match set for $100. 3:23 gears arent worth anything but scrap, but I got spare front axles, even though I shouldn't need them with the new ones I bought. I was out of them too, that why I bought those Yukon axles last year, I had run out of good spares.  They came with 4 half worn studded snows. Good spares, or I might send them out to get recapped.
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2012, 07:54:00 pm »
3:23 gears arent worth anything but scrap,

If you ever have any 3.21 or 3.42 FF 10.5" set destined for scrap I'd be more than happy to take them off your hands...
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #22 on: February 20, 2012, 05:56:22 am »
I have never in all my years playing with these trucks seen any FF with any other ratios than 3:73, 4:10, or 4:56s from the factory. I would swap a full floater in this truck in a heart beat if I found one with 3:42s.
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