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Wow, a twisted D44 axle shaft
Was I shocked when I pulled the driver's side D44 axle shaft out today during the rear disk brake conversion. The splines are twisted where they enter the locker. At least the other side looks mostly ok. The beginnings of a slight tweak but very minor when compared to the driver's side. I re-installed them to keep going on the brake conversion but it looks like a set of Superior axle shafts are on the short list. I've seen 'em for $109 apiece, there's got to be somewhere cheaper, any suggestions would be appreciated. I'll try Bob Supplee too.
How common is it to see a slightly twisted D44 axle shaft at the splines? Impending failure the next wheeling trip or what? By the way, the brake pedal is very soft and mushy after getting the disk brake conversion done. I've bled them as good as myself and a friend knew how so tomorrow I'll take them to get them power bled. I sure hope that helps because the braking is pretty bad right now. I didn't even want to drive it home from the friend's house I installed them at so it's parked there overnight. |
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you could test how long it will last so we will all know
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Jerry, I wheeled a set of 44 axles with slightly twisted splines for over 1 year. Kept expecting it to break but it didn't. Gave me plenty of time to get spares made.
Personal opinion: I think the lockers are what is the #1 cause for this. |
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Jerry, seems I recall Blaine discovering that he had a twisted spline in one of his D44's. I could be wrong, but I think it was caused by not having the correct length shaft installed from the factory.
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Jerry,
What are the chances of you having your calipers on upside down? If you look at them and your bleed screw is below the point where your brake line attaches, you need to swap the calipers side to side and rebleed them. I ask this only because it is probably the most common problem for people not getting good brakes after doing caliper work. |
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Well the good news is that the new rear brakes now work great, the braking improvement is almost dramatic. The e-brake news isn't as good. The adjusting nut is adjusted all the way in and the e-brake barely holds the Jeep from rolling down my not-so-steep driveway. Any suggestions on that would be appreciated. Next weekend I'll install the new Performance Friction pads. And the brake line flaring went pretty well. I ended up borrowing a double-flare kit from Pep Boys which worked well. No leaks so far at least. Oh, the new Explorer brake rotors wouldn't fit over the rear D44 hubs, I had to enlarge the hole quite a bit with a die grinder. Minor issue in hindsight, I just wasn't expecting it. |
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Now to fix the new driver's side axle seal leak all this caused. |
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Jerry,
WRT your e-brakes, do you have the shoes correctly adjusted?
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I've had 44's front and rear for about 18 years now. I also use to run nitros on the jeep with pretty big paddles. When I quit hot dogging and just started jeeping is when I noticed the rear axles were twisted. Ran them for about ten years that way. I run 35" Mickys with lockers front and rear. It was just this year at TDS is when one went. So I changed them both. So in answer to your question who knows how long they will last? I do know it messed my weekend up. Hope this information helps.
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Or are you good to go, no worries? This is helpful info..... Allen
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I do know that if you had asked me if .200 of engagement would work in JV I would have considered you looney for even suggesting it. Like I said, how the thunder would I know?
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Last year, I pulled my axle shafts out and getting ready to install the full floater. To my surprise, my axle shafts look like new even my TJ got pretty hard use, Paragon all most very weekend, Big Dog run, plus Colorado and Moab for two year in a row. So it got me thinking either I am a very gentle in using the manual tranny, or Blaine is wrong. The condition of axle shaft has nothing to do the transmission. A year went by without thinking much about this, now you reported the splines of your axle shaft are twisted. If Blaine is right, then you should replace your manual to a auto to avoid this happening again OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . learn how to drive a manual . Just wondering which way is easier.......... switch to auto |
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I am just funning, Jerry. I think the difference between mine and yours is due to the Tera low. You may need to ride on yor clutch more than i do. I seldom use my clutch when I wheel. So for all practially purpose I think I have an auto but it called NV3550
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Jerry,
Were these tweeked when you went from 4.10 to 4.88's? Or did you check? I have some spare shafts that you could use while getting them fixed if you need to, but I think that someone has them right now on loan. |
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. . . . . . . I do occassionally use my clutch. |
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