inline front axles

Post by **scr8p** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:57 pm

has anyone else had problems with the bearings sliding over the axles freely? the steel ones, not the aluminum ones. i have 8 pairs, nip, and i can't get a bearing started on one of them. it's freakin, rediculous. i mean, you shouldn't have to machine them down for the bearings to slide on properly. add this to the new pack of .71 shocks i bought last week. i didn't notice that one shock body was a .71, and the other is a .56 until i started to build them. i never thought i'd have to make sure that they were the same.

sorry for the rant, i'm just throughly pissed off right now.

Post by **Whiskers** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:09 pm

Simple solution to the axle problem. Put the axles in a drill, and then take some 400 or finer grit sandpaper and polish them up some.

No comment on the shocks.

Post by **teshreve** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:30 pm

As unlikely as it seems, have you tried different bearings?

Post by **scr8p** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:33 pm

Whiskers wrote:Simple solution to the axle problem. Put the axles in a drill, and then take some 400 or finer grit sandpaper and polish them up some.

ya, that's what i did do, i was just saying you shouldn't have to. i have the old style, e-clip axles, they go right on. the aluminun axles, they go right on. that's all i'm getting at. i guess i'm in a bad mood in general today. usually this crap doesn't bug me.

by the way, welcome to the board.

Post by **scr8p** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:38 pm

Ron Jeremy wrote:As unlikely as it seems, have you tried different bearings?

yup, tried that too. same out come.

Post by **b0x** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:24 pm

I just got some brand new replacement front axles as well, and had the same problem. The old bearings did wind up going on smooth, but they had to be on perfectly straight, and they were still tight.

Post by **badhoopty** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:43 pm

better a tad too tight than a scootch too loose..

Post by **Whiskers** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:47 am

scr8p wrote:
Whiskers wrote:Simple solution to the axle problem. Put the axles in a drill, and then take some 400 or finer grit sandpaper and polish them up some.
ya, that's what i did do, i was just saying you shouldn't have to. i have the old style, e-clip axles, they go right on. the aluminun axles, they go right on. that's all i'm getting at. i guess i'm in a bad mood in general today. usually this crap doesn't bug me.

by the way, welcome to the board.

Thanks for the welcome SCR.

We all have those days sometimes.

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