I recently purchased a used rear axle shaft for my Dana 35 (Drivers side). The shaft seems identical, except the ABS toner ring is larger on the new (albeit used) shaft. Is the larger ring OK to use? Can I just re-position the sensor?
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- Thread starter Glenn Hodges
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What do you mean by larger? The actual overall diameter, or just the thickness of the tone ring material?? Pictures and measurements would help. I have limited experience with this on jeep wranglers, however I have run across a few shafts that had what appeared to be larger tone rings on them, however in reality the shaft diameter was slightly smaller so they could make the tone ring thicker so it would be more durable, some manufacturers had issues with tone rings cracking because they were to thin, Hyundai was bad for this especially in the early 2000's and i have seen several vehicles with one style on one side and a different on the other usually because one shaft had been replaced, I have often had to specify whether I need thick or thin replacement rings. Again I lack experience w this on jeep wranglers ( so far anyway lol) but just making sure you aren't getting caught up like I did first time I got a replacement replacement shaft w a "thicker" ring like I did, I swore it was wrong till I measured it and made a call and was told this was the new style to reduce warranty claims. Not sure if this will be any help to ya.
You will need to change out the larger one for the one off your old shaft if you can. The tone rings must match side to side for a proper sensor reading.