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Old Sep 21, 2019 | 09:49 AM
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Can anybody ID this axle?

It's in a 1998 F-800




 
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Old Sep 21, 2019 | 09:53 AM
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It's a Meritor axle, I can't decipher the series number.
 
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The numbers on the plate say

B 3 320081865
(A?) YC97194934
 
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Old Sep 21, 2019 | 09:57 AM
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Trying to determine if it's locker. Not many trucks have no locker. Seller doesn't know.
 
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I went half blind trying to run it down here:

https://www.meritor.com/-/media/Meri...41737949FEF312
 
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I went half blind trying to run it down here:

https://www.meritor.com/-/media/Meri...41737949FEF312
Just did it until you needed glasses, eh?

Thanks! My turn. Well, I'm skeptical. There's no initial M or R like the manual says it should have. What was your first indication that it may be a Meritor axle?


 
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Old Sep 21, 2019 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RenoHuskerDu
Just did it until you needed glasses, eh?

Thanks! My turn. Well, I'm skeptical. There's no initial M or R like the manual says it should have. What was your first indication that it may be a Meritor axle?


See post 2.
 
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Originally Posted by RenoHuskerDu
Trying to determine if it's locker. Not many trucks have no locker. Seller doesn't know.

Not an option in 1998 on medium duty trucks.
 
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Originally Posted by 85e150
See post 2.
I guess I should ask @ford390gashog that question. Why he thinks it's a Meritor axle.

With no locker, my only option to get unstuck would be to install individual rear braking. Funny, all the trucks I know of and owned in Europe had lockers. Must be the muddy terrain.
 
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