dana 60 front axle sloppy

[Chips-resto]

Got a lot of slop in the outer axle in my dana 60. It's not in the u joint but you can move the whole axle going into the hub. Any help or pictures of what this is suppose to look like would be a huge help. Just started to hear a noise lately and got under it today.

[Jason M]

Is the snap ring on the end of the stub shaft? Without that snap ring the shaft can move in and out of the hub. Its not a huge deal but road and trail dirt will get past seal and get to the bearings on the spindle.

There alot of good break down Pics here http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billav...ont/index.html

Jason.

[Chips-resto]

Thanks Jason. I'm going to tear down tomorrow and I;ll look for that. I didn't think of the snap ring but I already checked out pirate last night and it makes sense