CAD Fix 90 Cherokee...attempted to fix?
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CAD Fix 90 Cherokee...attempted to fix?
So I was searching around the forum and came across a thread for the vacuum disconnect for the Dana 30 front axle... Cruiser referenced this link
http://comancheclub.com/topic/17377-cad-fix-1/
First thing I thought was weird was that nothing was hooked up to my cover like the link shows, so I thought maybe the PO already did this. I began to take the cover and found some issues... enough talking, a picture says a thousand words, so here are few thousand words...
So I'm at a complete loss of words... and not even sure what to ask?
http://comancheclub.com/topic/17377-cad-fix-1/
First thing I thought was weird was that nothing was hooked up to my cover like the link shows, so I thought maybe the PO already did this. I began to take the cover and found some issues... enough talking, a picture says a thousand words, so here are few thousand words...
So I'm at a complete loss of words... and not even sure what to ask?
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Looks like someone replaced the two piece axle with a full length one and instead of making a blank off plate to put where the disco went, they just broke off the fork that was no longer needed.
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So is a one piece axle better than a two piece?
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It would be stronger than a two piece held together with the sliding coupler when in 4x4. The one piece replacement is probably preferred over just locking the coupler into place. I think this makes it the same as the axle on the newer models that don't have the disconnect.
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It would be stronger than a two piece held together with the sliding coupler when in 4x4. The one piece replacement is probably preferred over just locking the coupler into place. I think this makes it the same as the axle on the newer models that don't have the disconnect.
Ah, gotchya. Thanks for the all the info!
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