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Shamus O Hire - 07 Apr 2004 16:21 GMT

I was talking to my friend last night and he told me that I should put in
floating axles in my D44 since I have to replace the axle that I broke. It
is the rear axle that I broke. Then he was mentioning about hubs and how if
I wanted to put locking hubs on the rear I can. That sounded like a good
idea since I tow it everywhere I go and can unlock the hubs for when I tow.
Is this a good idea?

Anyway I am still looking at options to fix my axle. Any ideas would be
great!

Thanks in advance,

Shamus
80 CJ5
SOA
D30 front
D44 rear
33"

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L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III - 07 Apr 2004 20:02 GMT

Unlocking hubs are too weak to put on the rear axle.
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> I was talking to my friend last night and he told me that I should put in
> floating axles in my D44 since I have to replace the axle that I broke. It
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> D44 rear
> 33"

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Paul Calman - 07 Apr 2004 20:07 GMT

> Unlocking hubs are too weak to put on the rear axle.

Yup, full floater are nice, and a great way to spend money, but the
transfer case has a neutral position, so locking hubs are silly, unless you
want front wheel drive for winter.

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Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

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