Thread: A few Questions, On setting up rear end!

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Nope, not good enough Kurt.... You need a round steel tube that goes from one end of the housing to the other and locates the carrier bearings and axle bearings in alignment.... I guess you could do it that way, but I just don't see how you'd get it accurate enough that the axles would fit properly in the bearings. If it's not aligned correctly, the rear end isn't going to last very long...... Here's a picture of the alignment fixture. You also need a good solid fixture to align the housing ends onto the housing, also helps keep things straight when you're welding the ends back on.....