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Hated to see you struggle with the seal. When you pull the axle out, take it and it to the side on the last inch and pry the seal out. 2 second job. Great video

Cut the housing ends off and weld on larger bearing ends. The issue isn't just that the housing is too long; the factory bearings are too small.

I wonder if the guy that owns it was mad at you for welded the spring perches on at the wrong angle.?

Most important detail is to drill out the weld where tube goes into housing. Removve rom that end then its a pretty tight fit back n. Fill the big hole and tube is fast. This is some guy with 10 years experience. Bout to upload from my channel today

I broke the 8.8 in my 2001 F150 just getting stuck in the snow. Order a 9" from Strange, Moser, or MW.

What spring perch was used?

You need to invest in a auto darkening helmet. You have no idea of how much better your welds get exponentially when not opening and closing the hood. You are looking at 10 times improvement and helmets are dirt cheap.

Great channel, with that 8.8 is there anything needed to be done to the drive shaft?

Another way to do this WITHOUT buying a second driver side axle, is to make a cut on EACH tube. One at 7” and the other at 4” and then just swap tubes from one side to the other, then swap the axles. You then have a centered pinion and reuse the same axles

Do you anybody that could cut my 9” down for my Camaro build I’m in the Houston area

All these videos show how to do the housings , nothing discussed about the axles

I miss these mini trucking style days.

Pp

Thank u for the knowledge i feel like i learned how to narrow it the best through this channel

That was a axle tube not axle btw. I'm looking for a video to narrow the actual axle

could you do one for a 9 inch?

So I thought I was going to watch an axle being narrowed as stated NOT an axle housing !!!!!

This is above my pay grade but I enjoyed seeing how it was done. Very good job!

This car show looks great 👍

4 10mm head bolts and the rails would have unbolted from the seat, save ya burning shit up

We’re are you located

You need to bevel each side of the tube so when you weld the root pass it can easily burn the edge of the V groove for full penetration, then fill and cap the V groove

Nice work

Updates please

To remove the seal you can do so using the C-Clip notch on the end of the axle rod and pry it out.

Didn’t look like you rosette welded the inserts into the bar or did you?

How much for a set for a 2015 Silverado

I know this isn’t the place to learn, right off the bat you have your kid on a drill press with no PPE.... FTS

Are you going to bead roll those tubs

Cmon man buy the 8 dollar seal puller you make it look way hard

Might be a stupid question but, What do you do about axles shafts? order custom length ones? how?

I’m attempting the lower arm right now as well..and appreciate you showing us the steps👍

I AGREE with Jose Castillo a 100%!!! The boy is EYE LEVEL to where a chip could fly off that drill press and directly into his eyes! GEEEEEEEEEZUS! STUPID!

Do tubes have to be tig welded or can you mig them does it matter which?

What 8.8 rear was used,& how long was it some 8.8 from a ranger run 56" up to 59" ? I need to one for a 63 Merc. Comet. It seems hard to find 8.8 THANKS IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO. LOU.M.

Hey man how did u round the sheet metal

Better to cut closer to the flange. The closer you cut to the tube the more any warpage will be magnified at the wheel end.

Butt welding an axle tube🤯 no inner or outer sleeve🤤 no alignment bar 🤔.

Nice video do you still do the s10 8.8 interested in one

Hey bro do you still do tubs ?

Got half way, but can't stand to see his sagging ass, you can do better than this ...get a life

Great job my friend. You have a good idea. We have the same work.

How much does something like this cost to do?

Did you tig or mig those?

Informative, Thanks

Hola , buen Video

Great video!! I like your laid back style. Only question I have is I just narrowed my 8.8 4 7/8". It gave me 49" from outer tube flange to OTF. The stock rear end was 38.250 on the center to center perches. My math came up with 5 3/8 from OTF to center perch. Now thats to mount it in an 89 2wd s10 blazer. What s10 were you mounting in to? It must be different from mine or my math is wrong.

Awesome video Very helpful keep up the good work

Thats the worst way to do it. Every axel tube i have ever checked is not true and straight from the factory because they weld perches and bracket on them. So basically you are taking a tube with a curve and forcing it straight; therefore not putting it back to its original location. This will wear out your axel bearings prematurely. You may not notice it because most cars with narrowed axes dont see alot of miles. But if you want to do it right you must use a jig or fixture.. hopefully people arent going 110mph when they lose their bearings ...Also by the time you are done welding it it will have warped reguardless, because things move when you weld them

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