Axle break

[Phil Waterman]

Jim - Good point Jim about driving/self-recovery when rear axle breaks. It depends a lot on where the axle decides to break if in snaps mid shaft little metal will end up in the differential oil. If they break as many do right in the spines then a large amount of steel fragments are being dumped right in middle of every thing. When I drain my axle after the break I drained it through a paint strainer with a magnet in the funnel. What I ended up with was ugly lots of small steel fragments and steel fur on the magnet.

Complete disassembly of the differential however showed no damage to bearings or gears.

I agree that had if a long drive on the other axle is required, removing both axles and drive shaft would be desireable.