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Rockwells make your sac swell!
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<blockquote data-quote="Skidkid" data-source="post: 318815" data-attributes="member: 2273"><p>Basically do like I mentioned earlier in this thread. On an open knuckle front like a D44 or D60, you can watch the axle shafts touch each other at full turn while turning the knuckle stop bolt in for sharper turning radios. You can take a die grinder with a carbide bit and remove material on the inner C section between the ujoint ears on the axle shafts clearancing them allowing a sharper turning radius. </p><p></p><p>On a closed knuckle Rockwell, you'll have to turn the axle shafts by hand with the steering at full turn and feel the binding or shafts touching each other. Naturally, you'll need the diff off the ground and remove the drive shaft and wheels for less resistance to turn over by hand. I never said you could not get more turning radius out of a Rockwell with stock axle shafts, I mainly said you need to adjust for it carefully or you will break your shafts due to binding. </p><p></p><p>Some after market shafts won't allow the same turning radius as factory shafts in one ton axles. Yukons have real goofy thick C areas on their shafts and need to be ground out for sharper steering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skidkid, post: 318815, member: 2273"] Basically do like I mentioned earlier in this thread. On an open knuckle front like a D44 or D60, you can watch the axle shafts touch each other at full turn while turning the knuckle stop bolt in for sharper turning radios. You can take a die grinder with a carbide bit and remove material on the inner C section between the ujoint ears on the axle shafts clearancing them allowing a sharper turning radius. On a closed knuckle Rockwell, you'll have to turn the axle shafts by hand with the steering at full turn and feel the binding or shafts touching each other. Naturally, you'll need the diff off the ground and remove the drive shaft and wheels for less resistance to turn over by hand. I never said you could not get more turning radius out of a Rockwell with stock axle shafts, I mainly said you need to adjust for it carefully or you will break your shafts due to binding. Some after market shafts won't allow the same turning radius as factory shafts in one ton axles. Yukons have real goofy thick C areas on their shafts and need to be ground out for sharper steering. [/QUOTE]
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