Axel lengths ?
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Re: Axel lengths ?
If this is a Gov-Lock aka Grenade-lock aka Gov-Bomb, I'd strongly recommend reconsidering.
A typical end-of-useful-service-life experience for those.
If this is a 82-92 10-bolt, the axles are about 30-5/16" long. Best bet is to simply purchase stock replacement axles; don't get all wrapped up in "custom" ones for a stock application like that.
A typical end-of-useful-service-life experience for those.
If this is a 82-92 10-bolt, the axles are about 30-5/16" long. Best bet is to simply purchase stock replacement axles; don't get all wrapped up in "custom" ones for a stock application like that.
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Re: Axel lengths ?
https://www.tomsdifferentials.com/20...ges134-151.pdf
According to their catalog, third gen axles are 30-3/8" long. Left and right are the same length in a third gen.
According to their catalog, third gen axles are 30-3/8" long. Left and right are the same length in a third gen.
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Re: Axel lengths ?
I used these from summit
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-700118/
Unfortunately if you are using them to upgrade from the 26 spline version they won't fit the rotors for iron calipers. They are about 0.300" too big and had to be turned down.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-700118/
Unfortunately if you are using them to upgrade from the 26 spline version they won't fit the rotors for iron calipers. They are about 0.300" too big and had to be turned down.
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Re: Axel lengths ?
No, I didn't say that.
What I said was, if this "Eaton posi" is a Gov-Lock, which it sounds like you've got a line on a setup from a 90-up or thereabouts S truck since those sometimes come with that POS and those gears, you're making a mistake.
There are other 28-spline axles that do fit disc rotors. I used Superior in my car but I don't think the ones I used are available any more. Alloy USA might fit, I've used those in other applications and they worked well. http://www.alloyusa.com/
What I said was, if this "Eaton posi" is a Gov-Lock, which it sounds like you've got a line on a setup from a 90-up or thereabouts S truck since those sometimes come with that POS and those gears, you're making a mistake.
There are other 28-spline axles that do fit disc rotors. I used Superior in my car but I don't think the ones I used are available any more. Alloy USA might fit, I've used those in other applications and they worked well. http://www.alloyusa.com/
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Re: Axel lengths ?
And as far as the exact length, it's probably ACTUALLY a metric value, not Imperial at all; 30-5/16" and 30-3/8" are VERY close together, obviously 1/16" apart, and probably represent the round-off precision chosen by different people to represent the same metric # before conversion. The "real" Imperial length might be closer to 30-43/128" or some such, if you cared to increase the "precision" to that degree.
771mm is somewhere between 30-5/16" and 30-3/8".
"Measure with micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with axe."
What we're all telling you is that even though 28-spline axles are a great idea and all that, a Gov-Lock is NOT. Get your 28-spline setup some other way.
771mm is somewhere between 30-5/16" and 30-3/8".
"Measure with micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with axe."
What we're all telling you is that even though 28-spline axles are a great idea and all that, a Gov-Lock is NOT. Get your 28-spline setup some other way.
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