toyota axle , Samurai rebuild , Pickin away

[ronin]

Well i had bought some toyota axles site unseen and i got took .





I also bought this from Mudmagnet but i'm not ready to 4 link just yet



so I cleaned up the rusted rear with a wire wheel





found a hole . I'll weld it up and I'm going to armor it anyways .



cut some tube



ripped it in two



drilled a few holes



clamped them on



burned some wire





little bit at a time as not to warp the housing



finished up welding the tubes and added new end pieces



next up . i'm going to shave the bottom . I'll add pics when I get to that .

[C.B.RENEGADE]

right on. looks good

[ronin]

Thanks Al

[Creepy]

Looks good. I wouldn't worry too much about the hole in the diff cover, you'll be plating over that anyway. The tubes had to be done tho, the repair looks great. I'd be perfectly confident in that.

(ps - your shop is really cool in each backround pic I see, nice!)

[ronin]

Jul 29, 2013 10:01:20 GMT -4 Creepy said:

Looks good. I wouldn't worry too much about the hole in the diff cover, you'll be plating over that anyway. The tubes had to be done tho, the repair looks great. I'd be perfectly confident in that.

(ps - your shop is really cool in each backround pic I see, nice!)

Thanks Jan . I love the old barn . I spend a lot of time there .

[ronin]

well , i,ve always had to be careful when working on axles that the stands didn't slip off the table



so , today before i started the shave , i did some fabbing on the table . started by welding these on .



then welded these up



more holes


bent some pins



welded on a pin stop




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much better





Now on with the axle fabbin . first thing i did was move the filler plug up as the axle will be tipped up more .








then I cut the bottom out of the axle



big hole



replaced the bottom with 1/4" plate.

tacked in .





ready for the flapper disc .



nice smooth bottom .



added some ring armor





So , here is the before .



and after .



all in all I gained 1 inch of clearance under the diff . same as going from a 35" tire to a 37 .

[Creepy]

Looks good.

Neat trick if you have the diff out - use button head cap screws instead of the diff studs. Put them in from the back. then the studs will have heads on them, and never pull thru the housing.

[ronin]

thanks Jan , have some in the barn ready to install . Bought them after I read your thread . Diff has to come out to finish welding things up from the inside . just to make sure there are no leaks .

[C.B.RENEGADE]

axle looks great! nice work on the table too

[ronin]

thanks by'e

[53m38]

Lookin sweet! You going to have that under the Sammi before you head back?

[ronin]

Aug 8, 2013 4:32:04 GMT -4 53m38 said:

Lookin sweet! You going to have that under the Sammi before you head back?

don't think . have to do the front and still need brakes for all 4 corners .

[backwoodsLJ]

Nice work on the axle making it look good again it was pretty rough but what a difference! Pretty cool mod to the table too now you won't have to watch things will grinding.......

[ronin]

Aug 9, 2013 18:40:27 GMT -4 backwoodsLJ said:

Nice work on the axle making it look good again it was pretty rough but what a difference! Pretty cool mod to the table too now you won't have to watch things will grinding.......

Thanks for the comments .

[ronin]

finally got around to cleaning the axle . It was alot dirtier than i would have thought





Had to come up with a way to get in the tubes, I had one of these extentions in a brill bit kit i bought at Home depot .



and a wire wheel




added them together



stuck it in my pencel grinder



worked like a charm





thru down a coat of paint , done for now .