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Shern;4068018]Not sure what isokinetic axles are (perhaps you mean homokinetic?) but I can tell you about annular. I've never understood the forum reluctance to installing them. [/COLOR]
With a cheap Homokinetic axle, you're stuck opening the diff to replace it. Not so with a cheap annular axle. Totally mitigates the risk of using something other than a $400 a side rebuilder.
RE: installation, I encountered no issues.
The spacers already in the diff were adequate. Certainly no need to separate.
The one thing I'd suggest however, is to retorque each bolt connecting the two pieces of the unit(axle to flange?). After a few months of driving mine were almost finger loose. I noticed a thin spray of grease at the axle union. I'm fortunate to have caught it when I did. No issues since, though I do check them periodically.
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I am not following your logic here. Since he previously removed the stock homokinetic axles the Differential is already opened. Also the new annular axles may need different spacers to set the up properly.
Once the annular axles are properly installed you will not need to go into the Differential to remove the axles as you can leave the flanges installed.
The reluctance to use the Chinese annular axles is because unless you remove the bolts and install them with a thread locker like Loctite they often come apart on the road some where.
The other issue is will the GSM annular axle flanges fit other manufacturers annular axles. There is no guarantee of that.