On Jul 24, 2009, at 22:21 , Terrible Tom wrote:
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> Michael Maskalans wrote:
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>> On Jul 23, 2009, at 23:10 , Terrible Tom wrote:
>>> I believe what we are looking at is the splined portion of the
>>> passenger side inner axle shaft on the front IFS differential.
>>> In 2000 or so they changed from a CV axle that bolts to a flange,
>>> to a CV axle that splines in place.
>> Ah, I didn't know that.
>> those look REALLY dirty to be a standard c-clip setup. that should
>> be inside-the-diff clean if that's the case. so I'm still
>> confused :)
>> but if the c clip is missing that would certainly explain why the
>> splines are so severely shot.
>> Mike
>
> Its a pic of the external splines sticking out of the passenger side
> of the axle housing. The CV axle is female splined on the inboard -
> the axle housing has a male spline.
ah! an ever whackier setup than I managed to imagine on my own.
Mike
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