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Wolfrequiem
Nov 01, 2017Explorer
Wolfrequiem wrote:
For posterity and anyone that tunes in later looking for information: These 2 3/4" axles, with the 1.732" spindles, are 4400lb axles. Hooray! I was wanting that most of all. I have brakes on both, which is what made me think it.
Sigh. Just when I'm rejoicing, a second "authority," etrailer gets back with me and says the axles are only 2500lb-ers. If that is the case, I will *have* to replace the axles--I can do without 8800lb of towing, but I need 6K, bare minimum. So... if that's the case, I may just finish the restore and sell it. I am waiting on a final word from Fayette to see.
If you look at the pictures, the axle is bolted into what I'm going to call a claw off that middle wheel-less axle on both sides. If I did go with heavier axles, could I simply open the claw and insert the new axle without having to buy new leafsprings and all that too? I'd have to have new brakes and new hubs/wheels, I guess? ****, I don't even know what is involved in that, but both axles have that middle welded section that bolts one, onto the frame, and then, two (the back one), onto the middle wheel-less axle. That's why I didn't want to undertake that--it's not just a matter of swapping out the axle.
Well, that's suck AND double suck (if it turns out to be the case--etrailer went by the bearings, though I found one place separate that suggests those same bearings are not exclusively used on just the lighter weight axles, so I haven't a clue...)
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