Any ring and pinion guru's out there?

[Ironangel]

Originally Posted by LH Lead-Foot

Question, If you have full floating axles, how does the bearings get lubricant? They are on the outside of the axle where gear lube does not flow. The only gear lube that comes out is when you un-bolt the axles. They will burn up with a few days of usage is you don't pack them.

The axle flange on a full floater bolts to the hub. The hub houses the bearings, so everything inside the hub receives oil via the axle tubes. The machined bearing spindles are shorter than the hubs mating surface for the axle allowing the gear lube to spill into the bearings. Notice in this pic, some axle hubs have machined channels that help the lube flow to and from the bearings... http://www.billavista.com/tech/Artic...ion/index.html