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Offline kevindpm61

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Vacuum to Manual Front Axle Disconnect Question.
« on: November 14, 2015, 08:00:26 AM »
The vacuum disconnect system on our 1983 SX/4 was in horrible condition. I removed the vacum components and did the hose clamp lockout on the front axle. I'm thinking that I would like to convert the front axle to a manual lockout using a locking T-handle cable. I have researched cables and have found those with 3 1/2 inch travel and 2 inch travel. I was wondering if anybody has an idea how much movement the vacum system produced to activate/ deactivate the front axle?
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Re: Vacuum to Manual Front Axle Disconnect Question.
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2015, 06:47:41 AM »
I found out how much travel the vacuum system creates through some research. Looks like it is 0.65 in based off one of the vacuum diagrams.
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Re: Vacuum to Manual Front Axle Disconnect Question.
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2015, 09:33:56 PM »
I think it's double that for some reason. Metric, maybe?
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Re: Vacuum to Manual Front Axle Disconnect Question.
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2015, 10:30:38 AM »
I am just going off of the axle section in the EPedia which shows .640 inch max travel  in figure 2F-5

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Re: Vacuum to Manual Front Axle Disconnect Question.
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2015, 02:55:15 PM »
I forgot about the pivot angle.... or am I thinking FSJ Vacuum front axle maybe?
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