Sheesh. What are the odds? I'm glad you got it all figured out. I guess I would have thought that the axle joints would have let the shaft straighten out since there isn't a carrier bearing or anything in the middle. I guess that's not the case. At any rate, I'm glad you got it figured out!

Give kawamatt22 a break William, he is only trying to help. And if you go back and look at your second video, at about 54 seconds in I can see wxactly what he is referring to. It must be an optical illusion or something though because you guys have assured us that it is seated completely tight into the axle beam. I can see what he was talking about too and I'm not sure what it is either.

 

Thought the video was going to be about a D60 swap and all of the pages would be full of informative info so I subscribed late last night and planned on reading all of it this morning. This morning I watched in horror as the D50 was "installed"! I tried to play it in reverse to undo some of the trauma...it didn't work. And most of the pages are about iced tea, suspenders, a dog and a missus that I apparently didn't see.

But still a very enjoyable read and I appreciate your tenacity in finding the problem!

Seems an odd way that the beam was bent...any idea how it got that way and did your portapower rig bend it back?

 

I can see in the video what you are talking about. I guess it's a combination of the rubber grease cup and the way the tapered fit that's welded in the beam sticks down a little that makes it look that way.

The beam got bent when William went into a ditch and the wheel hit a water main. He said it was a pretty solid lick. It broke the tie rod ends, the spring center bolt, and drove the steering stop bolt through the axle beam itself. He told me months ago that he thought the beam was bent, and he was right. I just used the porta power to see if this was the issue. I've got another TTB axle that I know is good. I guess whenever William can make it back up here, we'll try putting that one in.

 

Ya, I know. I meant that I really doubted it was in the diff. I guess I shouldn't have said anything about hearing anything.

You need to take a chill pill. At least Bill got it figured out.

 

'chill pill'?? LOL I hear those two exact words all the time from my wife. I have no idea why, I'm real easy going, never let any thing upset me.

 

Except the elves eh? Sorry buddy.I'm slap happy...

 

That's right, I use my bull wipe on the elves! LOL

 

Yeeeaaaaaa....keep em inline!

 

I've heard it from my sister.

I made a mistake saying he should have heard something (happens), but I just saw no way it would be in the diff.

 

No chill pills needed, nor was I meaning any bad intent. Just making the statements.

I don't make long lengthy wordy posts while typing from my phone, so they come out a bit .. more harsh.

 

You gotta remember that there is a seal there that makes everything look off if the angle is right.

 

My point was that if you can remove the axle and everything assembles like it should, no binding no mis-alignment of anything, you have narrowed down the problem to something on the truck. If with with the axle removed from the truck it still wouldn't bolt together correctly, you know the problem is with the axle assembly itself.

At least Bill was able to narrow down the problem.

 

Yes, Bill and I both had a lengthy conversation about it after I left.

That was what we came up with.

I'm just glad he had a porta power to test the theory.

The actual axle bending like that from being bolted up to the springs is just absurd and not really possible.