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Talked with Adam's offroad he has been a great help. The abuse he puts these through under his bronco is why I wanted a set. Gearheart is very close to where I live and they will take these axles further strength wise(knuckles, hubs, shafts, shorten, truss) once I am ready. He actually told me...
Here is all the numbers I could pull off them
Here are the tag numbers.
Steer:
Model: FM 240 HX 19
Cust: EE40437
Series: 255106
Plant: NY
Date: 1107731
Ratio: 5.81
Drive w power divider (parts axle)
Model: MD 240 HX 1
Cust: EE34376
Series: 142101
Plant: NY
Date: 1306741(the 0 might be...
Update
Update:
I found a set they were out of a forestry and fire truck. The id tag shows 240 series from Rockwell. They have 5.81 gears which I will be swapping to 10.26. They came with half round 1710 u joints which I will try to reuse. All three have damage to the locking mechanism in...
I did find the axles I was describing. I was told they are out of a forestry/fire truck. They are a 240 series 5+ ton Rockwell's from the 70's with a 5.81 ratio. I will be switching these to the 10.24 ratio later on which will bolt right into the 3rd members.
They have half round 1710 u joints...
I am talking about the axles in this thread.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?61719-5-ton-air-lockers
This link was within that thread has a broken link.
http://mudboggers.net/threads/here-is-some-5-ton-axle-tech-and-differences.9734/
As stated before they look similar to a 5 ton...
For the last 4 years I have been getting parts around for a expedition vehicle. Originally the design and gearing was for 2.5 ton axles. But after doing lots of late night searching, talking to people about what is here and what is to come I have decided to go with 5 ton axles instead. From...
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