SO I finally found a way to make D35 shafts useful.
First off, there was someone here who argued with me saying all D35's are C-clip axles.. these shafts are my old trail spares from my lincoln locked D35. all 87-89 D35's were marginally stronger non-C-clip axles. you can clearly see the rotated splines, these were beat on pretty well, these have been sitting in the back of my garage for atleast 8 years. (when the D35 came out of the jeep)
Again these were non-c-clip shafts, the bearings, and retainers needed to come off, cut off wheel was way quicker than using a press when you don't care about putting a curf in the shaft body.
Then a little cut here, little snip there
I then went to the parts store, I got some wheel studs and lug nuts that matched the ones on my trailer (they were a little smaller than the stock D35 ones, but I just welded the back of the studs in place.)
Then I simply put them on the trailer and welded them up, little paint and mounted a couple spare tires. I still have one more spare tire to mount some where, for now it is just strapped to the front of the trailer. ever since I blew two tire on my trailer in one day, I can't carry enough spares. Also, don't bother to point out that my spares are not "trailer" tires, I know. When I bought the trailer, one of my arguements to the seller that brought the price down was that none of the tires were "trailer" tires, but I replaced them all with "trailer" tires shortly after taking possession, hense why I have so many spares.
SO I finially found a use for D35 axle shafts, hope they don't snap![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
gonna take the rest of the shafts, clean them up and use them for shifter handles on my 231-300 doubler.
First off, there was someone here who argued with me saying all D35's are C-clip axles.. these shafts are my old trail spares from my lincoln locked D35. all 87-89 D35's were marginally stronger non-C-clip axles. you can clearly see the rotated splines, these were beat on pretty well, these have been sitting in the back of my garage for atleast 8 years. (when the D35 came out of the jeep)
![DSC_0226-1.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeepz.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fimported%2F2011%2F05%2FDSC_0226-1.jpg&hash=c2aec23fde73b86666ec95c27a386816)
![DSC_0227-1.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeepz.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fimported%2F2011%2F05%2FDSC_0227-1.jpg&hash=6746adf1b2f31b8128f35963d5b6d0c8)
Again these were non-c-clip shafts, the bearings, and retainers needed to come off, cut off wheel was way quicker than using a press when you don't care about putting a curf in the shaft body.
![DSC_0228-1.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeepz.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fimported%2F2011%2F05%2FDSC_0228-1.jpg&hash=40be8ef49999262d920a7b4594ff8b86)
Then a little cut here, little snip there
![DSC_0229-1.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeepz.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fimported%2F2011%2F05%2FDSC_0229-1.jpg&hash=9258acb9f1fc401800ea7e4c666c1cc4)
I then went to the parts store, I got some wheel studs and lug nuts that matched the ones on my trailer (they were a little smaller than the stock D35 ones, but I just welded the back of the studs in place.)
![DSC_0230-1.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeepz.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fimported%2F2011%2F05%2FDSC_0230-1.jpg&hash=c643fe4a808685a68502d61207e84031)
![DSC_02311-1.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeepz.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fimported%2F2011%2F05%2FDSC_02311-1.jpg&hash=163df52ad203234b116de6e923da4683)
Then I simply put them on the trailer and welded them up, little paint and mounted a couple spare tires. I still have one more spare tire to mount some where, for now it is just strapped to the front of the trailer. ever since I blew two tire on my trailer in one day, I can't carry enough spares. Also, don't bother to point out that my spares are not "trailer" tires, I know. When I bought the trailer, one of my arguements to the seller that brought the price down was that none of the tires were "trailer" tires, but I replaced them all with "trailer" tires shortly after taking possession, hense why I have so many spares.
![DSC_0234-1.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeepz.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fimported%2F2011%2F05%2FDSC_0234-1.jpg&hash=61e9769b2d67c7ec46f8da9abd426eb1)
![DSC_0235-1.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeepz.com%2Fforum%2Fimages%2Fimported%2F2011%2F05%2FDSC_0235-1.jpg&hash=fdd74cb974c1f1b6aadc5a69270e05ac)
SO I finially found a use for D35 axle shafts, hope they don't snap
gonna take the rest of the shafts, clean them up and use them for shifter handles on my 231-300 doubler.