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Title: schwing axel?
Post by: beetlemandan on June 08, 2011, 10:48:14 PM

oops! blew up the diff in my 68 baja yesterday going up a nasty hill. anyone local got a decent core that'll work in a 68? lets just say the sound of high strength steel breaking up repeatedly was the first clue. and while dragging it out the bush i could hear from my truck more breaking and grinding, followed by howling and whining was the dying breath of my oe swing axel. i hate pulling swingaxels. well? anyone? bus swingaxels?

Title: Re: schwing axel?
Post by: GRK on June 09, 2011, 04:05:00 PM

Quote from: beetlemandan on June 08, 2011, 10:48:14 PM

lets just say the sound of high strength steel breaking up repeatedly was the first clue. and while dragging it out the bush i could hear from my truck more breaking and grinding, followed by howling and whining was the dying breath of my oe swing axel. i hate pulling swingaxels. well? anyone? bus swingaxels?

I agree I've pulled a few broken swing axle rails off the dunes. Eventually there's one big crunch and things roll fine after that! :huh:

Gary