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Anyone using a Strange S-trac Diff?
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<blockquote data-quote="DCguy" data-source="post: 16784722" data-attributes="member: 196849"><p>Hey thx not sure what your setup is but i'm on a factory length 99-04 housing, solid axle 8.8....along with the Strac I ordered a set of 99-04 35spline axles as well as their C-Clip eliminators. Cut the housing ends off etc and inserted the axles....well the axle barely made contact with the splines on the diff. I mean by like a centimeter.</p><p></p><p>The answer I got from Strange was, "with the C-clip eliminators the 99-04 axles are 29inches long" - that's apparently correct length according to them. Ok.....</p><p></p><p>OEM 99-04 axles length are 30 and 11/16ths inches I believe so their axles are almost 2 full inches shorter, for this application according to them.</p><p></p><p>So, I went back and remeasured everything to make sure its not a mistake on my end....sure enough, yep, 99-04 housing.</p><p></p><p>Ok, so they sent me replacement axles, this time for an 05-14 which are slightly longer.....30.25inches to be exact. I insert those and I get exactly 1in of spline engagement.</p><p></p><p>I go back to Strange again and they tell me that the spline depth on the Strac is 1.420 inches, so my spline engagement of 1in is correct.......</p><p></p><p>Firstly, i'd rather use the full spline depth that the differential has to offer.....so that's issue number one.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, if my spline depth is "correct" using a 30.25in 05-14 axle how can the unusably short 29in 99-04 also be "correct for this application" according to them......those two things can't simultaneously be true......</p><p></p><p>So now i'm basically at a point where i'm ordering/exchanging for a third set of "custom" axles at a length of 31in so I can make sure I get the axles seated all the way into the diff.</p><p></p><p>With all that context, i'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced oddities in their axle lengths with this setup and if i'm missing anything here....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DCguy, post: 16784722, member: 196849"] Hey thx not sure what your setup is but i'm on a factory length 99-04 housing, solid axle 8.8....along with the Strac I ordered a set of 99-04 35spline axles as well as their C-Clip eliminators. Cut the housing ends off etc and inserted the axles....well the axle barely made contact with the splines on the diff. I mean by like a centimeter. The answer I got from Strange was, "with the C-clip eliminators the 99-04 axles are 29inches long" - that's apparently correct length according to them. Ok..... OEM 99-04 axles length are 30 and 11/16ths inches I believe so their axles are almost 2 full inches shorter, for this application according to them. So, I went back and remeasured everything to make sure its not a mistake on my end....sure enough, yep, 99-04 housing. Ok, so they sent me replacement axles, this time for an 05-14 which are slightly longer.....30.25inches to be exact. I insert those and I get exactly 1in of spline engagement. I go back to Strange again and they tell me that the spline depth on the Strac is 1.420 inches, so my spline engagement of 1in is correct....... Firstly, i'd rather use the full spline depth that the differential has to offer.....so that's issue number one. Secondly, if my spline depth is "correct" using a 30.25in 05-14 axle how can the unusably short 29in 99-04 also be "correct for this application" according to them......those two things can't simultaneously be true...... So now i'm basically at a point where i'm ordering/exchanging for a third set of "custom" axles at a length of 31in so I can make sure I get the axles seated all the way into the diff. With all that context, i'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced oddities in their axle lengths with this setup and if i'm missing anything here.... [/QUOTE]
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