Axle Tubes?

[TurnMeOver]

Are the axle tubes on the left and right side different lengths? The axle instructions call for a long and short axle tube as well as the axle shafts being long and short but all the tubes I have are the same length on the digital calipers? The shafts themselves are different but the axle tubes themselves appear to be the same length?!? I am just reading too much into this and they are just refering to the long and short sides in reference to the braces? Thanks!

 

[CPH extreme]

tubes are equal length , axles and tube braces are diff length's you have one long of each and one short of each....

 

[MiRatlhed]

You have to look at your diff case. That is what makes them different.

 

[TurnMeOver]

Yeah, that is wht I thought. Never looked at it twice but this time I happened to actually read the instructions :laugh as I was putting some gear boxes together and it caught my attention. Once you put the axle shaft into a tube it is either the long or short side but the tubes themselves appear identical.

 

[HawnMT]

Actually even the axle shafts themselves are the same length too, it's just that one side has the pin in it. I've removed the pin when I had to because a shaft broke and I had the wrong one as a spare. But yeah the cases/braces are what make the difference.

 

[TurnMeOver]

Actually even the axle shafts themselves are the same length too, it's just that one side has the pin in it. I've removed the pin when I had to because a shaft broke and I had the wrong one as a spare. But yeah the cases/braces are what make the difference.

That's good to know! Thanks for the info. Hows the TXT project coming?