Semi floater,full floating rear axel.
What are these new heavy towing and hauling half tons using for a rear axel. I have always considered the full floaters the most capable especially the ones with 35 splines and above. If you break...
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Billy
I don't believe the twisted axle and the SUV with the axle coming out are from the same instance. I think the twisted axle is from a full floater that retained its wheel, despite this twisted axle.
Ripping the gears off the ring and pinion is not twisting or breaking an axle. As long as the c clips remain intact you won't lose the axle. But if you don't get stopped soon I can imagine that the c clips will eventually get destroyed. I hopped the 9 inch of mine on a down shift. Knocked off some gears, I made it home. But the 9 inch is a tapered bearing axle. So I wasn't worried about losing the axles. It is my understanding that other than some hobby forms of racing you can not run a c clip axle. You must adapt them so that they don't use the c clip for a retainer.
It is my understanding that the semi floating axle gets a lot more stress than a floater because it must carry the weight and hold the twisting motion.
A failure of the c clip is all that is necessary for the axle and wheel to be set free. You don't have to have a axle split in the middle. In the photos that were posted you can see the c clip. That's the only thing that is holding the axle in. If that fails the tire is on the run. If something happens to the grove in the axle then the axle is separated from the housing and you loose the wheel.
The instance that I personally saw. The car immediately began to slow down but the wheel didn't. I would have loved to had a closer look at the drivers face. I saw his head turn to his left and follow the wheel as it passed him. As I said he was very lucky the loose wheel didn't strike an on coming car. Now imagine a pickup with 1000 lbs of hitch weight and a thousand or so in the bed.. I would think the pick up would immediately drop possibly catching the axle on the asphalt and jack knifing the trailer into the truck. All this while going down hill on a two lane mountain road.
I am not here to scare people. I am just telling my experiences and expressing the feeling of not wanting a c-clip semi floating axle to pull a trailer.
If some one knows of a new half ton that has a tapered bearing semi floating axle I would like to hear about it before I decide to make a finale decision on a pickup.
I am not here to change what people want. I am asking for information. If you want a c clip axle. Go for it.
For me there isn't enough price difference for me to accept a c-clip over a full floater in a 3/4 ton.
I don't believe the twisted axle and the SUV with the axle coming out are from the same instance. I think the twisted axle is from a full floater that retained its wheel, despite this twisted axle.
Ripping the gears off the ring and pinion is not twisting or breaking an axle. As long as the c clips remain intact you won't lose the axle. But if you don't get stopped soon I can imagine that the c clips will eventually get destroyed. I hopped the 9 inch of mine on a down shift. Knocked off some gears, I made it home. But the 9 inch is a tapered bearing axle. So I wasn't worried about losing the axles. It is my understanding that other than some hobby forms of racing you can not run a c clip axle. You must adapt them so that they don't use the c clip for a retainer.
It is my understanding that the semi floating axle gets a lot more stress than a floater because it must carry the weight and hold the twisting motion.
A failure of the c clip is all that is necessary for the axle and wheel to be set free. You don't have to have a axle split in the middle. In the photos that were posted you can see the c clip. That's the only thing that is holding the axle in. If that fails the tire is on the run. If something happens to the grove in the axle then the axle is separated from the housing and you loose the wheel.
The instance that I personally saw. The car immediately began to slow down but the wheel didn't. I would have loved to had a closer look at the drivers face. I saw his head turn to his left and follow the wheel as it passed him. As I said he was very lucky the loose wheel didn't strike an on coming car. Now imagine a pickup with 1000 lbs of hitch weight and a thousand or so in the bed.. I would think the pick up would immediately drop possibly catching the axle on the asphalt and jack knifing the trailer into the truck. All this while going down hill on a two lane mountain road.
I am not here to scare people. I am just telling my experiences and expressing the feeling of not wanting a c-clip semi floating axle to pull a trailer.
If some one knows of a new half ton that has a tapered bearing semi floating axle I would like to hear about it before I decide to make a finale decision on a pickup.
I am not here to change what people want. I am asking for information. If you want a c clip axle. Go for it.
For me there isn't enough price difference for me to accept a c-clip over a full floater in a 3/4 ton.
