No this is a single bolt and thick washer, screws into the end of the shaft. Probably has no use on the manual hubs since the hub body is much shallower.
Nope. That is somebody's aftermarket addition. Most likely they a) did not know what they were doing or b) the splines were shot or c) they saw a threaded hole and were determined that *something* needed to fill it.
I've see it on rigs with destroyed splines. It works, not ideal, but it works.
Michael
Well of all the knucklehead...!!#@!...do you think this "fix" would help on the manual hubs too with the snap ring much further in on the shaft? Am I wrong in thinking that there's a design deficiency here? I mean, if the ring comes off, the end play goes sky high. In the somewhat long term I want to SAS anyway, so if I can use a bolt and some shims to keep the shaft in place for a while OR cut a groove for a smaller ring, maybe that would be an ok temporary solution.
I checked both sides, the pass. side didn't even have a snap ring. Both axle's splines are stripped off where the 26mm ring would go. I'm going to try to get the axles sans the inner cup from the truck I pulled the hubs from - the yard only wants $16 per side. The donor truck is sitting with the weight on the front housing and skid plate, so I hope I can get them off easily. Barring that, I'll have to use a smaller ring.
Thanks for the info...I was pretty confused when I took the auto hubs off...like, "Where does the 26mm ring go???"
