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08-25-2015, 11:20 PM
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Shimming front axle
Since I was doing the ISO mounts / oil pan repair in this thread, i decided to check the slop in the front axle too. There's quite a bit, measured about a tenth of an inch fore/aft motion. I've seen the threads on clamping with 3/4" fine thread, grade 8 bolts, but I think that would have a tendency to re-spread.
I've also seen a lot of threads on shimming, but no one really mentions what to shim with. My question is what is best to put in there? I took the measurements and it looks like 3/4" ID and about 7/8" or 1" OD. Used a scale on the axle to measure the fore/aft slide and it looks to be just under 0.1". The axle beam is only sliding fore/aft, no tilting at all. Checked the pin and bushings too as many have said. Pin looks near new and bushings are tight and straight. Do i need some kind of hardened shims or just plain washers (grade 2? 5? 8?)? Should i split the slide distance with shims on front and back or just shim one side? Along the same lines, has anyone tried putting a zerk fitting in the pin or axle to grease the pivot periodically? The pin looks like some hard stuff, but maybe drilling vertically (1/8" or so?) into the axle beam, to the pin's center cavity might be a good way to push in some lube. I suppose it's not too hard to pull the pin and grease it, but a zerk would make it stupid simple, and i need that! 
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