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Posted by David Sherman on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 15:16:31 :
In Reply to: Re: Drive shaft turns, axles don't posted by Keith in Washington on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 14:55:17 :
Thanks. According to the parts book, the Tucker has custom axle flanges that go over a tapered, keyed end of the shaft. This would actually be good news, since it means the shafts would be stock and I could maybe get one off of some old truck. I wonder if I can get it out without having to pull the pontoons off, or at least find out which side is broken.
If the axle shaft is broken, do I have to go into the differential to remove it, or will it slide right out of the end of the tube? In other words, is there anything holding the shaft in on the inboard end, like a clip or pin of some sort? This will be important because if I know it's "supposed" to slide right out, I'll try harder to grab hold of the broken end, weld something onto it, etc and try to pull it out.
Your driveline phasing link is interesting in relation to the tuckers, because on both of my sno-cats, they seem to have made absolutely no effort to align the flanges. They put the axles on so that the pinion flange points straight at the transfer case, and then let the transfer case end take up whatever angle it needed to adapt. Since they're both that way, I tend to think they came that way from the factory. Probably at 15 mph top speed, vibration wasn't an issue, though without the U-joints "working", I would think they'd be more likely to rust.
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