Hi Tim,
Haven't seen any upgrade kits, and typical of ALL C-lock styles, they
usually do break at the worst possible time ... I haven't seen too many
failures of these however. The clips in these are pretty good size.
The area I suggested for the drain is in a pretty thick part of the
casting, so if you put in a short plug, you should have none protruding on
the inside, and very little on the outside. You could even make this a
magnetic plug and do a little "garbage collecting" ...
--Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim J Koth" <Tim.J.Koth@aexp.com>
To: "dakota-truck%buffnet.net" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 12:29 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Re: RE: Re: Ed
> Thanks Ed. Yeah I knew you said 8 3/4". My reverse Polish notation typing
> skills however took over and what we got was what I typed. I'm always
telling
> my kids to "Listen to what I'm thinkin', not what I'm sayin!!! " Doesn't
> seem to work too well though...
> Next time I'm under the truck I'm going to take a look at a place to put
the
> drain.
> I prefer those other axles that have the collar at the outside hub. I'm
kinda
> leary of 'C' clip axles myself. And mines a 4X4. I'm hoping I don't get a
> failure at the worst possible time and place. Do you know if the current
> corporate 9 1/4"s have strong C clips? Or if there are upgrade kits to
make
> them any better? Thanks.
>
> --- Ed wrote ---
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> #1 ... I said 8 3/4 .. This is the one used by the older MOPARS, all
> the muscle cars used them [ except for the rare ones with the DANA'S ],
even
> my Dad's old Chrysler ... I raced these for years with no failures ...
>
> #2 ... There is a nice spot a couple inches to the right of center near
> the back, won't interfere with the internals. If you use a plug that has
a
> square hole , all you'll ever have to do is dig out the mud and use an
> extension to get it out, it will be fairly flush. But even if you use a
> plug that has a square extension sticking out, I don't think there's much
> possibility of "ripping it out" ..
>
> - --Ed
>
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