C clip eliminator d44 issues
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C clip eliminator d44 issues
I had a spring clip eliminator kit in the passenger side axle because the guy who previously rebuilt the pumpkin told me i had to do it. Well the cap inside the yolk popped off. What should i do? Is there something else i can do?
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Str8 axle that bitch and be done
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
find a bolt-in pumpkin and fix that shit once and for all. Never again will you lose a cap, axle, oil, etc.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
No blasphemy here, pleasebajascott wrote:Str8 axle that bitch and be done
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
I think you can tack weld that cap on.
My car is a hybrid; it burns gas and rubber.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Thats what i thought too. Then i was goin to run a valve spring inside to keep the pressure on the axle.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Are you saying it can't be welded?
My car is a hybrid; it burns gas and rubber.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
I would assume it could be as the searching shows thats what people have done. I was thinkin welding a plug and using a valve spring in the slip joint
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Ok, we're on the same page. It just read really weird to me.
My car is a hybrid; it burns gas and rubber.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
I cant recomend it enough to pull the trigger on a bolt on stub shaft. I battled the spring mod only for it to leave me without fourwheel drive on two different occasions when i really needed it.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
I dont have the time right now to otherwise i would. I think welding a piece over the hole and running a spring will be ok
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Weld the cap to the slip yoke.
Do not run a valve spring.... way too much pressure. I used a random spring from the box that was 2" long and compressible by hand.
Do not run a valve spring.... way too much pressure. I used a random spring from the box that was 2" long and compressible by hand.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Thank you Philo ill go to the hardware store and pick up a 2" spring
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Ive also heard of ppl using fwd car axle retainers. Its basically a clip that fits inplace of the c clip then u just pop it in and it holds.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
I have some not so nice sounding issues coming from my front diff left over from Huckfest, and it will be coming apart soon. Since I didn't build it I don't know what's in there, but assuming c clip I'd like to change to bolt on. Seems like I read only 1980 to 1982 Bronco TTB's had this bolt on and all others are c clip.....is this correct?AussieRod wrote:find a bolt-in pumpkin and fix that shit once and for all. Never again will you lose a cap, axle, oil, etc.
Can someone enlighten me with the list of what's needed to make this change?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Housing and axle with hardware.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
This link: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/sho ... p?t=256302 - is probably the best link for doing this mod the best- and includes a part number for an Echo trimmer part. I bought two of them from www.mowpart.com -- they are in Texas and the parts get here quick! Nothing of course beats the bolt in housing. How hard would it be to convert a c-clip housing to a bolt in?
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Dont even try. Just search for the correct one, they are out there.VintageIronFab wrote:This link: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/sho ... p?t=256302 - is probably the best link for doing this mod the best- and includes a part number for an Echo trimmer part. I bought two of them from http://www.mowpart.com -- they are in Texas and the parts get here quick! Nothing of course beats the bolt in housing. How hard would it be to convert a c-clip housing to a bolt in?
Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
Re engineer what the Ford design provided? Why bother when Ford has excellent hardware readily available??
Maybe useful for a D35 for a guy that does not want a D44? After all Broncos do not use D35s and bolted D44s are readily available with no junk fixes.
That whole Explorer thread is just a bunch of unnecessary and inappropriate stuff for a Bronco.
Maybe useful for a D35 for a guy that does not want a D44? After all Broncos do not use D35s and bolted D44s are readily available with no junk fixes.
That whole Explorer thread is just a bunch of unnecessary and inappropriate stuff for a Bronco.
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Re: C clip eliminator d44 issues
That's it? Am I correct on the 1980 to 1982 model years? Are all of the other components like seals and bearings or whatever the same?BDKW1 wrote:Housing and axle with hardware.