Banjo Axle Question - Where There’s Wear

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Originally Posted by flatheadmurre

Chrome plating has become real expensive over here...and if the pits are deep you have to apply a layer that is thick enough to fill the deepest pit...thickness is proportional to cost.
May even be cheaper to spray on metal and grind.
Cold spraying metal is a bit of gamble though...if you get flaking it ends up bad real fast chewing up the seal.
Really hard to beat a speedy sleeve cost wise.
Repair products like the epoxi based works really good from pressure point of view...like in if you want to install a bearing over it...not as good for wear having a lip seal run on it.

I hear you. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m having a hard time envisioning how I would drive a sleeve down that far on the axle. And I also don’t understand how the increased thickness (albeit minimal) wouldn’t cause problems. How thin of a sleeve are we talking? Seems the thinner it is, the more delicate and difficult to drive home?