A useful use for Dana 35 shafts. these were at best trail spares, but the price was right for free, they have been sitting in the tool box on my trailer for a couple years now, but I had some free time so I made them useful.
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 cut little snip here and cut 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.
Now I want to build some drive over fenders, then strip and re-paint the whole trailer, but I need to get the winch that I bought off Bill like 2 years ago mounted.
