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- Jun 28, 2001
Best bet is to have Moser set them up
That pin should be a case hardened pin. Whoever designed it to be hard enough to break...failed that assignment. All it does is keep the axles apart so the C-clips stay in position. Yours is not the first one I've seen or heard of breaking.I'm currently doing rear upgrades to my T along with other things. Moser street c-clip axles, rebuilt posi, original gears, TA girdle. I wanted to share something that frankly concerned me. I put the girdle on last summer and everything inside the diff looked good. I then made 5-6 passes at the track. Cracked it open this time and was found that the lock bolt for the large pin running through the carrier had broke in 3 pieces and the pin was on it's way out. Had it come all the way out at speed it would have exploded the rear and I probably would have crashed. Not sure how this happened but make sure you check everything over while it's apart.
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Bad fixture when welding on your ends...I would guess. I fear this too. We had a shop years ago...( when tubbing cars was common) ...that had a kick ass fixture. Never a leak or bind, nor premature failure of a bearing.I had Moser c clip eliminators for 12 years and they never leaked. Switched to Ford ends and bearings and now it leaks.
and put your location in your sig , shipping axles is just about not going to happenLook in the for sale section. Theres always some for sale there.
I haven't read through all this, but I assume you switched to a big ford bearing with an o-ring on the outer race. They all leak, silicone the od of the bearing when you install it. Mine fit perfect in the housing ends and still leaked. A little silicone and they are bone dry. I've never had one not leak without silicone.It was a quality shop, and they have a good fixture. I think the o rings on the bearings are inferior. I took axles out and cleaned up cups and flipped o rings. I'm going to see how that goes.