Free, provided standard Volkswagon axle tubes are used.

A lot of mucking around later, I've got 4 axles, 4 axle tubes and two transmissions.

Axle tubes must be steel.

Later the rollers were on the top of the axle tubes, then the springs were made up of thin leaves and gave good riding.

Jeep simply used a single axle tube from hub to hub with no differential between, resulting in an inexpensive front suspension.

Ductile cast iron housing & axle tube, full floating with constant velocity & double offset joint.

The Front Axle Tube Seals, does the same thing for the front end of your Jeep.

Check that assembly runs parallel to the axle tube and that nuts and lock nuts are tight.

Since the panels are horizontal, they can be compactly placed on the axle tube without danger of self-shading and are also readily accessible for cleaning.

Bolt-on Portals (or drop boxes) are a housing with a set of gears which bolts onto the final flange of the axle tube.

Larger Brembo front disc brakes with six-piston calipers, reinforced axle tubes, and aero tweaks to help the car reach 200+mph safely.

It is also permitted to fully weld the axles tubes to the centre housing to prevent them rotating - as standard these are only located by spot welds.

The rear brakes featured an unusual arrangement with the slave cylinders mounted on the axle tubes, operating the calipers by a system of levers and cranks.

The axle tubes were increased to 4 inches diameter and carrier bearings were larger and thicker, the axle shafts were 35 spline only.

It requires much less room on the axle tube and drops the airspring down and behind the axle for vehicles with limited space, such as big tired pro street cars.

If these bolts are run loose they can bend off or break inside the hub - very difficult to get out - or they can bend the back axle tube.

Compared to normal layout, portal axles enable the vehicle to gain a higher ground clearance, as both the axle tube and differential casing are tucked up higher under the vehicle.

The Thompson friction welding machine is destined for integration into a brand new production line dedicated to producing truck axle housings and trailer axle tubes at Dana's factory in Brazil.

Portal axles (or portal gear) are an offroad technology where the axle tube is above the center of the wheel hub and where there is a reduction gearbox in the hub.

It is also prone to wear in the rear axle trailing arm bearings, which then wear the trailing arm axle tubes, requiring an expensive rebuild or a replacement axle assembly.

Every Dana 60 that was originally manufactured by Dana Corp (i.e. not aftermarket) is stamped with a build date and bill of materials on the back of the right hand axle tube.

This Dana 44 had no axle tubes but attached to the driver side traction beam, which also acted as a cover plate, and had "open air" axles which traveled through the beams to the spindles.

Adapt these to any CJ or YJ Jeep Requires welding bottom tab to axle tube for lower disconnect mount Stainless steel pins, powder coated, robotically Mig welded for superior strength and quality.

Heat the axle tube about 1/4" in from the end until the solder melts and is drawn in towards the hot area, feeding as much solder in as it will take while moving the heat to the other end of the tube.