Neal3000
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Mini-truck Longs have been available in 30/30/30 for a long time
TacomaJD said:Would like to discuss these more, I believe I'm gonna bite the bullet, and upgrade to these. Hard for me to just keep buying the same ole shafts that I can break...even though they don't break easily, I've broke 2 this year....none the first year of ownership. Just makes sense to go stronger.
Yep, I believe they can because at one point Kraig asked me if I planned on rebuilding the 24 spline birf I have that has the broke shaft piece still in it. But I think they charge more per part like that than when you just buy the whole set..... Is it hard to disassemble the birfs to swap out the star?sastoy said:Wonder if they can just sell you new stars and the inners?
TacomaJD said:That's about the only thing I could think of, but there wasn't one on either of the Longs and wasn't one on the RCV replacement inner I bought a couple months ago. Only the detent ring or whatever it's called, to hold it in the birf.
Stretch said:Never seen it either on these axles and don't remember seeing that relief in any of the pictures when they were originally released. I want to say I remember seeing that Bobby changed the design of the bell a little bit so that the larger diameter 30 spline inner wouldn't come in contact with the bell and limit steering. So MAYBE you have a very early version of those axles before that revision? On another note, how is the drill/tap/socket head bolt fix working on your drive flanges?