One Serious Axle Build!!!!!

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11-10-2007, 08:02 PM

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lol i roasted one on one of our ambulances at work last night, anyone want it.....the brakes locked up at about 85mph, SHATTERED ONE AXLE, broke both u joints, messed up the ring gear bad enough its no longer round, and caught fire!!!! lol i was putting out the fire with an extinguisher and telling my patient "everything is ok ma'm, im also a fireman"......LMAO what a day, by boss told me the repair estimate is already 4K

You have got to tell how that happened!!

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11-11-2007, 12:03 PM

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i was putting out the fire with an extinguisher and telling my patient "everything is ok ma'm, im also a fireman

HAHAHAHA ROTFLMAO

thats not right, i hope the patient wasn't a heart patient

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11-13-2007, 07:30 AM

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Well, the old 10 Bolt is on its way to be sacrified in the name of performance and all that is glorious horse power madness! w00t!

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11-25-2007, 10:15 PM

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Here is a pic of progress. I have the hubs fully rebuilt with the rotors added. All that is left is to paint them.

Here is a shot of one of the axle shafts to give an idea of the beef of this thing.

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11-26-2007, 07:13 AM

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w00t!

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11-26-2007, 07:55 AM

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Holy Crap!! That thing is huge...

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12-01-2007, 12:10 AM

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Well, here is the axle with all of the OEM 4 link bracketry installed from the old 10 bolt. Tomorrow I will gear this thing.

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12-01-2007, 08:28 AM

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Brian does it again

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12-01-2007, 10:11 AM

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In the first pic, the axle tube looks like new and it also looks like the weld holding the tube into the housing is new. Did you have to install new tubes? If so, how come?

The welding looks really first class! Keep up the great work!