kmcminn
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What have you all found to be the easier way to remove the tubes out is a 14 bolt housing?
kmcminn said:What have you all found to be the easier way to remove the tubes out is a 14 bolt housing?
smbroady82 said:I take you found a donor the the new front?
kmcminn said:Yeah I will update that thread
Eddyj said:Let Wes K drive it...
smbroady82 said:it gonna go in before it is done or saving it for later?
zukimaster said:The easiest way? Just drop off at the machine shop, and tell them to call you when it's done.
waggener1 said:I first cut the tubes down, leaving a couple inches visible on each side, to make it a little easier to manage. I removed a couple of the rosette welds by burning them out, but that sucked. I ended up fixturing the center section in a buddy's Bridgeport and plunged down through the welds with an end mill. By far, the mill was the best method. I then turned a little press plate that fit the ID of the axle tube with about a .25 inch shoulder to push the tube out. I chucked it all up in a 20ton press and pressed the tubes out. One side required about 15tons of force, the other side needed closer to 16tons. It's a lot of labor but worked out pretty good.
wizzo said:This is what I was trying to say. Except I didn't do the fancy bridgeport. Just the ol cut'n torches!