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Originally Posted by 1972SuperCheyenne
They dont look too bad in the pics. You could smooth them out a little with some emery cloth or use "axle saver" bearings that put the roller part of the bearings on a different place on the axle shaft. They work great.
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Thanks! I didn't know if there was a way to salvage these or not. I'll have the shop check them out, but I may end up getting new axles. I couldn't get a good close up of the damage, but it is badly pitted and the grooves look too deep for emery cloth to polish out.
I also spent 20 minutes cleaning up the yoke that came on my new axle, just to find that one of the tabs that keeps the u-joint caps from walking out was broken off. I know from experience that those tabs are there for a reason! I also know that several layers of duct tape around the u-joint works just as well as those tabs! But this isn't that kind of project, so I will be getting a new yoke. It looks like I paid $50 for nothing but a housing.