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Re: [Fot] Early Spitfire Splined Axle

To: <list@mackenzie.aero>, <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Early Spitfire Splined Axle
From: "RACER BUD" <budscars@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:21:20 -0700
looks like you have a competition axle setup
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <list@mackenzie.aero>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: <list@mackenzie.aero>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 7:50 PM
Subject: [Fot] Early Spitfire Splined Axle


>I have a question about my Spit for the group; I hope somebody can
> help me out.
> 
> For those who don?t know the story, I own a very early Spitfire4
> (FC921) that I autocross.  Although I don?t have the full history of
> the car or its logbooks I understand that it was an SCCA racer at some
> point before being campaigned as an  autocross car into the 80s.  I
> bought it as a barn-find 3 years ago and got it race ready in early
> 2008.
> 
> When I started working on this car I inspected most of the parts and
> re-installed them.  One of the first projects was addressing the rear
> suspension which was collapsed due a missing diff.  I recall pulling
> the brake drums, removing the shoes/springs and everything else and
> putting it all back together after re-sealing the brake cylinders. I
> don?t recall pulling the drive flanges or thinking they or the drive
> shafts were anything out of the ordinary.  One feature that did catch
> my eye is that the wheel studs.  They were 7/16 diameter and about 2.5
> inches long.  I assumed that it was built this way so spacers could be
> used to adjust track as required.
> 
> Last week I was getting the car ready for a club autocross when I
> discovered a broken wheel stud on the left rear.  [I ended up dusting
> off my street 1500 and having a great day  of racing but that?s
> another story- http://tinyurl.com/qkjnpn ]
> 
> I went to pull off the drive flange yesterday to get at the studs and
> was surprised to find the flange and axle were splined, not the usual
> tapered shaft with keyway.
> 
> Photo:  http://tinyurl.com/spitspline
> 
> My question are:
> 
> Has anybody else seen this set-up?
> Who made this?
> Where are the shafts from?
> 
> Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> Robert MacKenzie
> Austin, TX
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