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jlrftype7
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 Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Rear axle advice needed |
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| Braukuche wrote: |
| Pulled the axles and the CVs were dry as a bone and even rusty. |
Thanks for the Update.
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 10:49 am Post subject: Re: Rear axle advice needed |
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| Braukuche wrote: |
| Pulled the axles and the CVs were dry as a bone and even rusty. |
Ouch. There’s your baseline…work your way up from there.
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: Rear axle advice needed |
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| Braukuche wrote: |
| Pulled the axles and the CVs were dry as a bone and even rusty. |
Are the balls a nice shiny chrome color or have they been discolored from heat? |
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Braukuche
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| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: Rear axle advice needed |
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| Braukuche wrote: |
| Pulled the axles and the CVs were dry as a bone and even rusty. |
Are the balls a nice shiny chrome color or have they been discolored from heat? |
Discolored, rusted…I ordered complete axles from GoWesty. Waiting on the long axle to arrive. But that was the least of it. My transmission gave up the ghost during this whole time waiting on the axles.
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