It has been mentioned on the list previously, and is common knowledge, that the
wire wheel rear axle housing is
one inch narrower that a drum brake axle housing.
The situation is such that if you upgrade, say, a Bugeye to wire wheels that
the axles will be 1/2 inch shorter and you
will lose this amount of engagment of the splines into the differential.
One way around this problem has been to take a later wire wheel axle and weld
all the proper fittings
to make it a quarter eliptic axle to fit into the Bugeye.
Another option mentioned, was to press the axles out of the hub a little and
then weld the axle to the hub.
Others have suggested to just live with the 1/2" less engagement.
I was wondering why nobody has made an aftermarket axle that just a 1/2 inch
longer to facilitate
this conversion.
4 ft of 1 inch diam 4340 is only $56. Machining cost on top of that is what?
$100 bucks maybe?
Also has anybody out there ever pressed off the the axle from the wire hub?
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