Axle flange failure

[North Country Tough]

Well I guess it had to happen sooner or later,my OL Avenger has seen some pretty severe use and maintenance neglect since we acquired the new shack in the north been pushin dirt,sand and big rocks around with the snow blade,carrying around all manner of debris during our construction,and then POP I look over the side and the right front wheel is at a peculiar angle oh S***,yep wheel flanges took leave of the axle,boy I was in a deep valley on loose ground man o man you really have a appreciation for how much those front wheels mean as far as traction goes what a time I had to get out of there.Got a box of HDI axles and bearings etc sittin at the ranch with zero time to change it over and the new shop is still being built,so got it back and miged it back together for now,you really can see why they went to the new axle style,I also suspect the winter use of the rubber tracks didn't help matters and if it had of been getting routine maintenance as it usually sees probably would of caught it while it was still just a crack,still in all first time for me real glad it wasn't in the winter crossing a slushy lake word to the wise check you welds during greasing intervals.Cheers NCT

[thebuggyman1]

I think you just need a second Avenger.

[ARGOJIM]

You are talking axle hub with the wheel studs and not bearing flange, right? Does it have wheel spacers on it?

[North Country Tough]

Yes it was a failure at the hub only axle and bearings were fine,just kept the axle cool and re welded the hub for now,and yes guilty as charged I had left the wheel spacers on as stated been a neglect issue,repaired the axles pulled the spacers life goes on,new shop is nearing completion and the Avenger will be in this fall for a huge service and a HDI axle upgrade,Cheers NCT

[Rock Doctor]

I've only had one Axle fail like that. It was in the winter while running my 18.5" Supertracks. I had about 20 sheets of OSB Plywood on the Machine, and was following a snowmobile trail. The trail was not wide enuff for me, so I had half of each track on the trail, half off the trail. I believe this put a lot of stress on the Axle Hubs.
Ended up leaving my Argo there on the trail for 2-3 months, before I could get back there to fix it in the Spring. Only other damage was the Bear Tracks through the Backrest.
After replacing the Axle, I left my quad there and drove the Argo out. Quad stayed there in the bush untill the middle of the next winter, lol.

RD

[rodp]

I've only had one Axle fail like that. It was in the winter while running my 18.5" Supertracks. I had about 20 sheets of OSB Plywood on the Machine, and was following a snowmobile trail. The trail was not wide enuff for me, so I had half of each track on the trail, half off the trail. I believe this put a lot of stress on the Axle Hubs.
Ended up leaving my Argo there on the trail for 2-3 months, before I could get back there to fix it in the Spring. Only other damage was the Bear Tracks through the Backrest.
After replacing the Axle, I left my quad there and drove the Argo out. Quad stayed there in the bush untill the middle of the next winter, lol.

RD

You wouldn't leave anything unattended in this country for a minute, if you did it would be gone.

[North Country Tough]

Well once more axle flange fail,now the opposite side on the front axle to the one I welded,Enough is enough stop the madness I have a complete H.D.I axle conversion sitting in the basement jus to busy this year with the move and shop build,guess the first job in the new shop is to get started on axle replacement,heck I had the extensions off this time but to be fair I have been using the machine like a dozer pushin gravel,dirt,rocks,brush,trees,etc and was gettin ready to put the tracks on as winter is close here.So time to stop procrastinating and get at it.The front axles are the ones that take the most abuse so them first,first I will be doing a search here on the site for any tricks and other info as the instructions never seemed to make it to the new bathroom LOL,but it looks pretty straight forward,I must say that I hope for as good a bearing life as I got out of the outer hub seal style,I have got in excess of 500 hrs and all bearing still tight,of course part of this is due to conditions we use the machine in being here on the Canadian Shield past axle deep mud does not make up a pile of our use I would say that a average day of travel for use is 70 % mild mud 4 to 8 inches deep,20% water travel,balance axle deep mud and this is spring and fall summer is pretty dry, this probably helps me out.So time to get to the shop and get greasy having two other AATV,S sure is nice because work around here never stops lots of firewood to put up trips to the camp etc.Cheers NCT