From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jun 06 2004 - 09:53:51 PDT
The axle in only "totally supported" when the splines are mated with the
flange. I understand that they don't turn with the wheel or by themselves,
but they have enough movement when unsupported to hit the inside edges of
the spindle housing. I would prefer to have the end supported and not moved
around by vibrations. If your shocks are bad there will be vibrations.
Bjorn
>From: m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] How to make your own lockouts for the M35 Rockwell 240
>axle
>Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 11:05:12 -0400
>
>Here are a few rhetorical questions:
>
>If you take off the drive flanges, and drive around without them, does
>anything need to support the spline? No.
>
>Does anything come flying off the truck? No.
>
>Is any damage done to any component? No.
>
>The drive flanges are just that: drive & flanges. They do nothing more
>than
>transfer rotary motion from a totally-supported and lubricated axle to the
>wheel. (and keep out the mud) I cannot understand this obsession with
>support, bushings, bearings, lubrication, etc etc etc.
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