[Blainefab]

I've put together an upgrade package for the 3rd/4th gen Fbods - 3rd gens especially will break axles under the stress of RR duty, and I've cracked a 4thgen axle. Dragstrip use with slicks will break them, too.

These axles are direct replacement, use OEM wheel bearing and seals (not included) and fit any of the popular diffs (also not included).

Package includes:
1 Pair Yukon Replacement Series axles for 93-02 4th gen non TC cars or TCS cars
10 ARP 100-7708 2.5" long wheel studs, pressed in place
10 Dorman short, open bulge lugnuts with 19mm (same as 3/4") hex

Cost is (call, prices vary with application) plus shipping plus CA sales tax on orders shipped to CA address.

for the front, extra set of 10 ARP studs $32
for the front, extra set of 10 Dorman lugnuts $16

Extra long 3.25" ARP 100-7713 studs are available, set of 10 $72

questions/comments PM me or email me at ablaine (at) cruzio (dot) com or call me at 831 427-3296 evenings PST

Regards,
Alan Blaine
Blaine Fabrication

edit: Superior raised prices by $10 per axle, so I had to raise the package price from $185 to $205
edit: another price increase, to $215 for the package
edit: added pics of my cracked OEM axle - I found this after a rather spirited session at Sears Point. Glad it didn't let go there! The crack goes all the way around and thru the hub flange, and has started to twist off.
edit: the yearly price increase happened: new price for the package is $231 + changed to Dorman nuts
edit: price increase to $350
edit: price drop to $295
edit: revise pricing on ARP/Dorman
edit: change to Yukon, revise pricing

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This post has been edited by Blainefab: Apr 27 2015, 04:50 PM

[Blainefab]

OK, I got my shipment of Superior axles in and have been mulling over the changes they made to them. Good news is that they did reduce the diameter of the hub to match the LS1 dimension, so these will fit LT1 or LS1 or Corvette wheels without modification.

They did away with the reluctor flange, so will not work on a TCS car with ABS/TCS functional.

The change that had me concerned is that they made the stepdown from major to minor diameter near the hub end instead of at the spline end, so for about 20" of the shaft length, the diameter is 1.245" vs 1.340" dia for OEM or old Superior axles.

An engineer I trust feels that the midspan of the shaft is not the most highly stressed area, and Superior says they have had no issues with them, so I'm going to let my customers decide if they want to purchase or not.

Alloy is still 1541, journal dia is the same, spline dia is the same, splines are still rolled. Stud mounting flange is slightly thicker than old Superior or OEM.

These axle are 1# lighter than OEM, and 2# lighter than the old Superior.

Old Superior on left, new Superior in the middle, OEM on right:
bigger pics here: big pics

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[TSHACK]

OK, I got my shipment of Superior axles in and have been mulling over the changes they made to them. Good news is that they did reduce the diameter of the hub to match the LS1 dimension, so these will fit LT1 or LS1 or Corvette wheels without modification.

They did away with the reluctor flange, so will not work on a TCS car with ABS/TCS functional.

The change that had me concerned is that they made the stepdown from major to minor diameter near the hub end instead of at the spline end, so for about 20" of the shaft length, the diameter is 1.245" vs 1.340" dia for OEM or old Superior axles.

An engineer I trust feels that the midspan of the shaft is not the most highly stressed area, and Superior says they have had no issues with them, so I'm going to let my customers decide if they want to purchase or not.

Alloy is still 1541, journal dia is the same, spline dia is the same, splines are still rolled. Stud mounting flange is slightly thicker than old Superior or OEM.

These axle are 1# lighter than OEM, and 2# lighter than the old Superior.

Old Superior on left, new Superior in the middle, OEM on right:
bigger pics here: big pics

(IMG:http://www.blainefabrication.com/products/wheel_spacer/IMG_2560.JPG)

Alan It also looks like the radius between the axle shaft dia & the hub taper/step is larger. which would be a good thing. Or I'm i seeing things again.

This post has been edited by TSHACK: Apr 3 2009, 02:18 AM