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Craig B · 12-06-2013, 06:14 AM

Is there any write up on on here for installing axles? Did a search and could not come up with much. Thanks for any info.

Driveshaftshop · 12-06-2013, 04:41 PM

Sure, here it is by our friends at Spohn

(Spohn install click here)

Craig B · 12-06-2013, 06:49 PM

Thanks for the link.

GFORCE1320 · 12-07-2013, 08:37 AM

Did you get them in Craig? It's not too bad of a job. The inner stubs should pop right out like I said on the phone. They can be a little stubborn sometimes but usually come right out.
I'll have to make a nice set of install instructions to include with them.

Let us know how you like them once they are installed.

Thanks
Chris

Craig B · 12-07-2013, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GFORCE1320

Did you get them in Craig? It's not too bad of a job. The inner stubs should pop right out like I said on the phone. They can be a little stubborn sometimes but usually come right out.
I'll have to make a nice set of install instructions to include with them.

Let us know how you like them once they are installed.

Thanks
Chris

Yes there in. It's an easy swap. Going to go for a quick spin today. Thanks.

GFORCE1320 · 12-16-2013, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Criag B

Yes there in. It's an easy swap. Going to go for a quick spin today. Thanks.

What's the verdict?

Craig B · 12-16-2013, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GFORCE1320

What's the verdict?

There in !!! Only drove about 10 miles with them, so far everything is good. Had to shim up on the Pfadt drag bar, it was rubbing on the axle. Also let me know when these will be available gun drilled. They weight a ton

GFORCE1320 · 12-16-2013, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Criag B

There in !!! Only drove about 10 miles with them, so far everything is good. Had to shim up on the Pfadt drag bar, it was rubbing on the axle. Also let me know when these will be available gun drilled. They weight a ton

Yes, they are pretty beefy LOL
We won't be offering any gun drilled axles, gun drilling them makes them lighter but also weaker.

LS7 427 · 12-16-2013, 09:47 PM

Agreed that weight hurts but there is a lot of other places I'd look before worrying about extra weight that holding the wheels to the ground on launch.

Bryan

376LS3 · 01-10-2014, 12:08 PM

Had a stock diff fully built up. Im installing GFORCE axles right now, but Im not sure if the axle is in all the way. It sound like it is bottoming out, but the clip doesnt seem to catching anything. I can easily pull the axle out. Ive given it a good push and it hasnt budged. What do you guys think?

GFORCE1320 · 01-10-2014, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 376LS3

Had a stock diff fully built up. Im installing GFORCE axles right now, but Im not sure if the axle is in all the way. It sound like it is bottoming out, but the clip doesnt seem to catching anything. I can easily pull the axle out. Ive given it a good push and it hasnt budged. What do you guys think?

That's not all the way in, it should slide in clear up to where the stub almost hits the housing.

376LS3 · 01-10-2014, 12:13 PM

Ok, will continue to work on it! Just didnt want to leave it like that. Thanks for the help!

376LS3 · 01-10-2014, 12:42 PM

Are they typically difficult to go in? I can get both sides in the same amount. I dont think it matters but I have a TruTrac in right now. Maybe the builder didnt line something up?

blazzin1 · 01-10-2014, 02:53 PM

I remember when I was putting my stock axles back in, I had troubles like this. I lubed up the axle spline very generously, especially right around that ring. Before installing, try to center the ring in the axle groove evenly. I put the gap in the ring at the 6 o'clock position when pushing the axles in. And as a last ditch effort, I had a 4"x4" block of wood that held on the outboard edge of the axle and smacked it good with a 4 lb. dead blow hammer!!!! They certainly went in after that!!!! No....not a single-person job.

In comparison, I helped a buddy install a new rear end in his car a few months after mine, and I just had to wiggle the axle back-n-forth a little bit, give it a shove, and it popped right in!!!! Yeah, I was kinda pissed!!!!

12-06-2013, 06:14 AM	#1
Craig B Drives: 2013 1LE Join Date: May 2013 Location: NJ Posts: 685	Axle install ? Is there any write up on on here for installing axles? Did a search and could not come up with much. Thanks for any info.

12-16-2013, 09:47 PM	#9
LS7 427 10.11 @ 136.32 Drives: Black & Yellow 2SS/RS LPE LS7 427 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Redcliff, Alberta Posts: 957 View My Garage	Agreed that weight hurts but there is a lot of other places I'd look before worrying about extra weight that holding the wheels to the ground on launch. Bryan __________________ My Build Journal Built, Tuned and Maintained By........

01-10-2014, 12:08 PM	#10
376LS3 Eh, that'll happen Drives: 2010 2SS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 1,841	Had a stock diff fully built up. Im installing GFORCE axles right now, but Im not sure if the axle is in all the way. It sound like it is bottoming out, but the clip doesnt seem to catching anything. I can easily pull the axle out. Ive given it a good push and it hasnt budged. What do you guys think? Attached Images __________________ 2010 Camaro SS LS3 - No Modz

01-10-2014, 12:13 PM	#12
376LS3 Eh, that'll happen Drives: 2010 2SS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 1,841	Ok, will continue to work on it! Just didnt want to leave it like that. Thanks for the help! __________________ 2010 Camaro SS LS3 - No Modz

01-10-2014, 12:42 PM	#13
376LS3 Eh, that'll happen Drives: 2010 2SS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 1,841	Are they typically difficult to go in? I can get both sides in the same amount. I dont think it matters but I have a TruTrac in right now. Maybe the builder didnt line something up? __________________ 2010 Camaro SS LS3 - No Modz

12-06-2013, 04:41 PM	#2
Driveshaftshop Drives: own more cars than i can list Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 1,124	Sure, here it is by our friends at Spohn (Spohn install click here)

12-06-2013, 06:49 PM	#3
Craig B Drives: 2013 1LE Join Date: May 2013 Location: NJ Posts: 685	Thanks for the link.

12-07-2013, 08:37 AM	#4
GFORCE1320 Drives: 05 GTO Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 1,243	Did you get them in Craig? It's not too bad of a job. The inner stubs should pop right out like I said on the phone. They can be a little stubborn sometimes but usually come right out. I'll have to make a nice set of install instructions to include with them. Let us know how you like them once they are installed. Thanks Chris

01-10-2014, 02:53 PM	#14
blazzin1 Drives: 2010 2SS/RS R6P Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: St. Cloud, FL Posts: 4,845 View My Garage	I remember when I was putting my stock axles back in, I had troubles like this. I lubed up the axle spline very generously, especially right around that ring. Before installing, try to center the ring in the axle groove evenly. I put the gap in the ring at the 6 o'clock position when pushing the axles in. And as a last ditch effort, I had a 4"x4" block of wood that held on the outboard edge of the axle and smacked it good with a 4 lb. dead blow hammer!!!! They certainly went in after that!!!! No....not a single-person job. In comparison, I helped a buddy install a new rear end in his car a few months after mine, and I just had to wiggle the axle back-n-forth a little bit, give it a shove, and it popped right in!!!! Yeah, I was kinda pissed!!!!