Ok,

You guys have stired me up on my most famous soap box.


Rebuilt means they cut off the old joints and weld on new ones destroying any temper that was in the original axle. This is SOP on most rebuilt axles.


Ok what do rebuilders do. An axle is basically 2 fancy bearings with balls. Rebuilders can't reuse a damaged or wore race and put new balls in the old races. So, they *all* use a fancy extrude honing tool. It will remove about 0.030- 0.060 to clean up the surface. But, now you've lost heattreating and maybe they didn't cut the race perfectly.

They are good for a while, but won't last like a new axle. You should check your removed axles for angular play before spending $$ on rebooting a worn axle.


Michael

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Michael McGuire
83 300d
01 vw A4 TDI
66 Chevy Corsa
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86 300E