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Originally Posted by fruitcakesa
. . . When I pulled the old axle out I looked for the spacer and assume it is the thin ring that was slid up against the inboard can. Correct? I just reuse it? . . . Thanks.
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Yes. The spacer needs to stay with the same side of the diff that it came out of. Take it off of the old axle, put it on the new one.
It will be interesting to see how these new axles hold up. I suspect that many (not all!) of us with older cars won't put on the miles like the first owners did, both because we have newer cars for long-distance travel and because of the cost of fuel. If so, the cheap axles may work out quite well in terms of years of use.
What will happen to rebuilders like CVJ when they run out of good German OE axles to rebuild?
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