A little while ago I bought an 85 front axle for a slow build Im just getting started on. It was a great deal locally, the guy was just advertising the housing, but he asked me if I was interested in some other bits, like some old school crossover steering, stock inners axles and birfs, and knuckles along with the housing for a few dollars more. I figured for spares and stuff, what the heck, so I said yes. It was pretty dark when I picked everything up and I was mostly interested in the condition of the housing, the extra parts were just that, extra, so I didn't pay them much attention.
Fast forward to this weekend, I started cleaning things up and getting ready to figure out what I need for this project. as I cleared out the copious amounts for dirt and grease and leaves from the knuckle balls I noticed some damage from broken birfields, nothing serious, but it got me thinking; "If they broke birfs in this axle then they had to replace them, and maybe they upgraded..?" Hmmm? So I grabbed the supposed stock axles and cleaned them up. Lo and behold they are not stock. And since the previous owner obviously thought they were, I cant ask him. So anybody know what I've got here? I'm pretty sure the inner shafts are stock, but the birfs are stamped TG. I'm just wondering if I got lucky and got some 27 spline chro-moly birfs, or maybe the old "better than stock" ones TG used to sell. I honestly don't know enough to know what I'm looking at, aside from the obvious branding...
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