Muskeg Axle

[J5 Bombardier]

Broke the axle hub in the right side sprocket of my Muskeg on the weekend . Had to get the neighbor's muskeg and one of my J5's to tow it a mile home, not a bad trip , but had to winch myself around one tight turn in the bush.
Will have to dust off a spare to install this weekend . We have repaired these tubes before, when the weld fails, but the hub is cracked in this instance. Has anyone ever sourced a 18 tooth hub for replacement, lots of splined hubs on the internet, hard to narrow down a supplier.
J5 Bombardier

 

[KickerM]

MNoutdoors would be a great source for advice, plus he has a ton of parts!

 

[J5 Bombardier]

Lots of tube assembly's around, the fun part is figuring out if Mr. Bombardier had the 2nd generation axles, with the big and small ends made or pulled them off a shelf with a matching hub that were used on something else, before the Muskeg.
J5 Bombardier

 

[J5 Bombardier]

These 40 plus year old axles are getting o be a pain in the $%##@$%% ! Had another axle spline fail, managed to save the spline and repair the tube. I'm still on the hunt for a source of coupling hubs to repair my other 3 spares.
Just have to put her back together tomorrow and we are back in business. So freakin cold out , in the garage is the place to be.
Happy New Year !
J5 Bombardier