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How to lock up your own Rockwell 2.5 ton by welding
The rockwell 2.5 ton axle is known for its strength, clearance and low ratios but also comes only in an open different so adding extra traction is a absolute must when your talking crawling over hard terrain or tromping through the mud. Here is a 3rd member from a rockwell 2.5 ton axle....they are all the same either front or rear. Notice the size of the gear thats a quarter on the gear. You wil also notice the wire going through the bolt....this is very old technology before they had loc-tite and also keeps the bolts from loosening when the axle is under great stress...which these huge buggers are known to take.
Although the housing is machined in a very close setup you will need to remember which cap fit on which boss and now with the caps off take your third member's large gear out...notice more tie-wire (the tie wire used is a simple mild steel wire...found mostly anywhere and referred to as bailing wire or tie wire)
Here is the final reduction of the rockwell axle. It resembles a GM 14 bolt differential on steroids. The gear is sandwiched between the two retainers that house the spider gears. Again cut the wire, pull it out and unloosen and tap out all the bolts..
There it is the inner workings and spider gears of the rockwell 2.5 ton axle. Notice the oil ring on top of the splined spider gear....You will want to keep these as you wel be reminded that everything will need to be cleaned. The spider gears were in poor shape and had rough rusted pitting from sitting for probly 20 years.
After cleaning and dissasembling the spider gears reinstall them with all the oil cups and the one oil ring for the side half. Tack the gears first so you dont warp the whole assembly and have difficulty reassembling it.