Rear drive shaft

[wilco]

I am taking a 500 mile trip with my deuce. Will removing the rear drives shaft help the milage much? I am shure it will help tire ware.

I am gowing to be pulling a 3500 lb trailor. Will this overload the single driving axle? ( I dont think so my self)

Hase anyone come up with a slip clutch way of letting the rear axles run at diferant speeds?

 

[Offroadfabworks]

just take and remove the front rear axle shafts and install front drive flanges and go... let the Rear rear drive the truck. alot easier on the truck and drivetrain. Plus its faster then pulling the shaft

 

[gimpyrobb]

I agree with Randy. Thats how I have my 109 set up and it works great. The only time switching on the front axle didn't get me moving was when I tried to move a dump truck with a full bed of concrete and its air brakes on!

 

[rolling18]

just take and remove the front rear axle shafts and install front drive flanges and go... let the Rear rear drive the truck. alot easier on the truck and drivetrain. Plus its faster then pulling the shaft

back from the dead!! ahh how do you do all this?

 

[73m819]

easy, just unbolt the axles from #2 rear, pull and replace with front hub caps, done,

 

[plym49]

BFTD, indeed. There have been several posts noting that removing the intermediate drive shaft between the two rear axles often results in a broken transmission. The reason is that as the rear axles hit bumps, the front rear axle wants to rise, which unloads those wheels and engine revs increase a bit. As the weight is restored, the engine rpm are yanked down. Cycle like this a bit and one of the shafts in the tranny breaks.

 

[bearboley]

Plenty of single drive axle trucks running around with air or spring tag axles. If your driving fast enough on a rough road that your suspention is jumping in the air a the motor revs I would slow down.

 

[condor418]

what kind of mpg bump are we talking here?

 

[SMOKEWAGON66]

MPG bump in a deuce?

 

[nk14zp]

I used a civi trailer hub cap on mine.

 

[willy]

Hey guys if you remove the axle from the first rear end how is the oil held in the pumpkin.
I have 2 old axles cut short to put in place but I am thinking how is the oil held back.???
Or do I have to wait till the oil reaches a low point and it is not importent I have not taken a rear end apart so I was thinking there is a seal that the axle hold back the 90 wht oil
Willy

 

[cattlerepairman]

Hey guys if you remove the axle from the first rear end how is the oil held in the pumpkin.
I have 2 old axles cut short to put in place but I am thinking how is the oil held back.???
Or do I have to wait till the oil reaches a low point and it is not importent I have not taken a rear end apart so I was thinking there is a seal that the axle hold back the oil
Willy

The axles do not hold back any oil. Oil from the pumpkin can and will seep down to the caps at the end of the hubs and it is irrelevant if an axle is attached to the cap or not. The paper seal or RTV between hub and cap hold the oil in. An intact outer oil seal and sealed keyway in the outer hub will prevent the oil from entering the sealed "inner" part of the hub where the wheel bearings are.

In other words, if you do not need to transfer the torque from the axle shafts to the hub, requiring the eight bolts to be securely in place, an old sock would be sufficient (metaphorically speaking...you might be a redneck when...) ; there is no pressure and you just hold the oil in that seeps out of the pumpkin.