Axle carnage

[bucketobolts]

I drove my Bronco to work Friday night. Been tinkering with my tune on the carb a bit and think the Demon has been excised. Anyhow I pulled into the parking lot and there was most of the guys. Of coarse I had to give in to peer pressure and do a burn out.:beer: Started power braking in low, shifted to second, and at this point John Force would have been proud.:notworthy: I let loose of the brake and went to high gear. BANG!!!:banghead: I went to neutral and stabbed the brake. Slipped the tranny back in gear, didn't hear the driveline flopping. So I guess thats good. I pulled up to turn around to park and I couldn't feel the spool grabbing. Hmm, it didn't make any noise when I moved forward or back, so the carrier, pin, and spool must be alright. I came out at lunch to jack it up to see which side was broke and sure enough the drivers axle selfdestructed. I even managed to limp her home 22 miles peg legged. Drove really squirrely but safe enough to get home.:xyxthumbs:

I've been doing some studying and ciphering. I'm not going to spend a lot of money on this small bearing 28 spline axle. Though, I may fix it and sell later, 4.56/spool with disc brakes. I have a full width big bearing out of a big Bronco. It needs a ring and pinion, locker/spool, and a good set of axles with disc brakes.

Choice number two is a full width Dana 60. Nothing special, just 30 splines and needs a locker/gear set. Will need to convert the axle to 5 lug or new set of rims and swap the front axle out also. Already set up for discs

Then choice number three. I have a little Dana 70HD that I got from Broncomania. It is a narrow 55", which is not far from the EB axle width of 58". Already has a 35 spline Powr-Lok diff and 6.17 gears. I will have to fab up a set of wheel adapters(will help make up the extra width) and change the ring/pinion out. Also I will have to do a cheap disc brake set up.