Joakwin's 91 Oshkosh R-11 rockwell axle project

[Joakwin]

here is my project for the next few days

91 oshkosh R-11 refueling truck, rockwell front tanden axle rebuild

let me start with alittle info about the truck since i know no one
has a clue what im talking about, lol

the truck is a 6000 gal refueling truck, pumps jp8 and when
topped off weighs right around 68k pounds
powered with by a 8.3 cummins and a 5 speed auto allsion tranny,
tanden rockwell axles with 315/80/22.5 tires

the spool on the front tanded axle broke, about 4 weeks ago,
so i was gonna pull the axle out from another truck that had a blown
tranny, so i started to do the work and then said screw it

so i locked the rear axle in and the truck drove fine, so i changed the
90w in the front axle and let it go

i was sent a used axle that was pulled out from another truck at someother location, i have no idea

so i was gonna just swap the axles and call it good, but the replacement i was sent is leaking oil, so i have to pull it apart to repair the seals on it,
so i said screw it, i'll take the 3rd member from the other axle and put
it in the old housing thats already mounted in the truck and save me sometime

oh yeah, shipping weight for the replacment axle was 3900 pounds with the dual rims/tires
and im working on it by myself witch makes it even more fun

my plan is to have two days of hard work and it will be done
but i have tomorrow off, so the project will be done by sunday,
i hope

anyways here are some pictures from todays progress
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/joakwin/rockwell/jan08-july08156.jpg
with drive shaft removed

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/joakwin/rockwell/jan08-july08158.jpg
with the front planet gear assy removed

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/joakwin/rockwell/jan08-july08159.jpg
here i have the 3rd member removed all the way from the housing


http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/joakwin/rockwell/jan08-july08161.jpg
here's the metal shavings at the bottom of the housing

i have some more pictures but photobucket is being gay right now
so i'll post some more up later on

peace

[Joakwin]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/joakwin/rockwell/jan08-july08185.jpg
here is the new used housing getting it cleaned up so i can install it

[Joakwin]

cleaning cleaning some more

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/joakwin/rockwell/jan08-july08183.jpg

[Joakwin]

got the ring gear houseing installed

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/joakwin/rockwell/jan08-july08187.jpg

[Joakwin]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/joakwin/rockwell/jan08-july08197.jpg

the install is done and road test is done,
everything checks out good

[Joakwin]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/joakwin/rockwell/jan08-july08195.jpg

this is the truck i did the rear axle work on
2days of work, now i just have to trash the other housing and broken parts but the truck is on the road

oh yeha today where having a dust storm so it looks all dark outside but its
really only like 6pm

Peace from the big sand box

[Lusso22]

Damn, that's a looooong dude..

Good work :thumbsup:

[lowered907]

Nice I'm jealous I wanna work on some big shit

[98gmajb]

It's like a rollling bomb.

[92 sierra slx]

and peopls thought there cc daully longbed was a bitch to drive
lol

[chevybird2006]

nice...ive emptied a few of those in the last week.