live axle??

[ithinkshesfat]

can anyone tell me what a live axle is an how to tell if i have one?

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

it depends on who you ask. "live axle" is a term that has grown to describe a lot of different things.

most often its used to describe a solid axle, like that used under the rear of your truck. this axles consists of a housing, which contains 2 axle shafts (one for each wheel) connected to a center differential, which functions to allow one wheel to spin faster than the other (for better cornering).

 

[Sunk]

Others will use the term to describe something like what is found in many go carts; a solid shaft for an axle without a differential.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

I would think that live axle would describe a front diff that doesn't have hubs to unlock (spins all the time), like the front end of my 05 sport trac

 

[Bent Bolt]

And another opinion is a live axle is a drive axle verses a non- live axle as in front steering axle in a Econoline.

 

[Earl43P]

can anyone tell me what a live axle is an how to tell if i have one?

Sure thing, though I DOUBT yours has it unless someone switched it over.

Look at your front hubs in the center of the wheel. I have to remove a center cap to see mine but if you can see your lugnuts, look for a LARGE nut in the center. If you have that large nut, it is live axle. Ford went to that in late 2000 on Rangers.

If you have a plastic housing-looking thing in the center, it is the stock Pulse Vacuum Hub locking system, which is easily replaced with AVM manual locking hubs, if yours are bad. ~$120, IIRC.

 

[ithinkshesfat]

ok thanks where did u get your avm hubs from?