Greg

Thank you Moses for the detailed explanation and advice. I was using the terminology of "end play" in stead of bearing stickout to create preload, that was one of my mistakes... I did however clean out the axle tube end a little more and also found one of the original axle shims from the AMC 20 axle was a .030 shim.. so I was able to use that shim on the Passenger Side to get the proper bearing load. The Driver's Side didn't actually need a shim, it ended up being .040 bearing stickout. I was able to install the axles on Wednesday night. To answer one of your questions about Ten's expecting their customers to machine/lathe the spacer lip, my answer is "yes".. that is what they instructed me to do. I was not comfortable doing that because I thought it would take away from the integrity of the spacer lip strength for holding the bearing in place for not only pre-load, but also when cornering at road speed. I am glad that the original shim I pulled off the axle from the two piece axle setup just happened to be what I needed! Phew!! No need to stack shims. Ultimately, I was able to get both the left and right sides axles at .040 bearing stickout and the preload seems to be fine. I greatly appreciate the advice and help you offered! It's incredible being part of this group and these forums! Keep doing what your doing.. we all appreciate it!

0DD3D764-C2DF-4167-93AA-DD1FB9E6EA31.heic I bought One Piece Axles from Tens Manufacturing for my 1981 CJ5. The bearing sits .09 outside the axle end. The bearing spacer does not bottom out on the inside axle seal, the lip on the bearing spacer is actually stopping it at the bored lip inside the axle tube. I called Tens and they said to lathe down the lip of the bearing so that the bearing would sit within the .02 to .06 endplay stickout. I have two options that I see at this point ... 1) lathe down the lip on the spacer to get the bearing to seat properly, however, I feel that will affect the strength of the bearing spacer to hold the inner race and bearing in place... 2) stack up some .01 axle shims to get the desired endplay stickout, which would then require at 4 shims to get me into spec... Any suggestions? recommendations? has anyone else run into this issue??