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8&3/4 end play problem #671873 04/16/10 10:00 PM 04/16/10 10:00 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert OP Circle Track
RapidRobert OP Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	SBP 8&3/4 going together and I cant get one axle in all the way, lacking ~1/4 or so. (open chunk). w the chunk out & it mocked up w the backing plates on (& no foam or steel shims) and the axles in I have exactly 1&9/32" between the splined ends but even them I have to pound the axles in which I am not comfortable with. pull apart/add chunk/reassemble axles/b plates I have the ~1/4 I cant get in. The housing is 52&5/8" and it feels like I'm hitting solid metal. Thank you for your time. live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: RapidRobert] #671874 04/16/10 10:14 PM 04/16/10 10:14 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida S scratchnfotraction I Live Here
scratchnfotraction I Live Here S Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida	have you run the adjuster back out? Last edited by scratchnfotraction; 04/16/10 10:14 PM.

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: scratchnfotraction] #671875 04/16/10 10:23 PM 04/16/10 10:23 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert OP Circle Track
RapidRobert OP Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	No michael I for some reason forgot all about adjusting the adjuster till I got inside but with that much left to go sumpin ain't kosher plus the bearings are just too tight going in live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: RapidRobert] #671876 04/16/10 10:31 PM 04/16/10 10:31 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,072 The Sunny Shuswap D dodgefarmer super stock
dodgefarmer super stock D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,072 The Sunny Shuswap	Something is out of alignment. Years ago we tried putting a welded spider diff. in a derby car. Ran into the same prob., used a bfh to get the axle in than had to use a puller to get the axle out. In our case the prob. was the weld shifted the side gear and the splines bound on the axle. Randy

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: dodgefarmer] #671877 04/17/10 12:23 AM 04/17/10 12:23 AM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 840 southern Idaho M moparcyco super stock
moparcyco super stock M Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 840 southern Idaho	Did you change the seals?I had a similar situation on my 70 challenger axle would not go all the way in I scratched my head awhile on that one.One seal was not quite all the way in and this made my axle feel funny trying to go in.Just a thought.

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: moparcyco] #671878 04/17/10 12:39 AM 04/17/10 12:39 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert OP Circle Track
RapidRobert OP Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	I drove one seal in and had the prob and I whacked it again and it felt like that it was in all the way. The axle is seated (you can feel the ring of the metal when you hit it but it wont go in) and all of the bearing is not into the housing live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: RapidRobert] #671879 04/17/10 10:07 AM 04/17/10 10:07 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,734 Charlotte, NC 4 446acuda master
446acuda master 4 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,734 Charlotte, NC	Quote: SBP 8&3/4 going together and I cant get one axle in all the way, lacking ~1/4 or so. (open chunk). w the chunk out & it mocked up w the backing plates on (& no foam or steel shims) and the axles in I have exactly 1&9/32" between the splined ends but even them I have to pound the axles in which I am not comfortable with. pull apart/add chunk/reassemble axles/b plates I have the ~1/4 I cant get in. The housing is 52&5/8" and it feels like I'm hitting solid metal. Thank you for your time. the thrust spacer in an 8-3/4 is 1-1/2" wide so 1-1/2 minus 1-9/32 would give you 7/32"(or nearly the 1/4" that you are having trouble with.)

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: 446acuda] #671880 04/17/10 10:25 AM 04/17/10 10:25 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert OP Circle Track
RapidRobert OP Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: the thrust spacer in an 8-3/4 is 1-1/2" wide so 1-1/2 minus 1-9/32 would give you 7/32"(or nearly the 1/4" that you are having trouble with.) The housing does measure 52&5/8" and these are stock SBP axles and I can see the flats of the spacer assy in the center of the open chunk. Any more thoughts? live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: RapidRobert] #671881 04/17/10 10:29 AM 04/17/10 10:29 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,734 Charlotte, NC 4 446acuda master
446acuda master 4 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,734 Charlotte, NC	maybe you don't have one of the inner axle seals in far enough and it it stopping the axle

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: 446acuda] #671882 04/17/10 10:33 AM 04/17/10 10:33 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert OP Circle Track
RapidRobert OP Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Alright bro I am going to go get on it. Thank you for your help and I'll check the one seal that is in there 1st live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: 8&3/4 end play problem [Re: RapidRobert] #671883 04/17/10 12:12 PM 04/17/10 12:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	The seals have to be driven all the way in to the stop lip in the housing. They can't be driven in too far because of this lip that is machined into the housing as a stop but they have to be in this far.

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