Richard--
The wheel won't stay on the car if the hub comes apart.
I had such an experience last year at Shendandoah while racing my Elva
Courier which uses a Morris/Riley (same as Sprite only two inches wider) rear
axle. The left rear hub sheared in two as if it had been placed in a bagel
slicer and the outer half of the hub along with the wheel, brake drum, and
axle
shaft all slid out of the axle tube about 24". The inner half of the hub
remained firmly attacehd to the axle tube and the nut even stayed on.
Luckily this happened in a slow right turn and the car ran aground on the
differential and came to a stop on the macadam. Aside from having to weld a
new end on the tube and replace the hub and half-shaft there was no real
damage
done. BTW I was using double-bearing hubs and hardened shafts.
Best--Michael Oritt
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In a message dated 5/14/2008 5:46:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mayorrichard@hotmail.com writes:
I find this one a little hard to believe. Was this in a big Healey? In a
big
Healey, if the rear axle broke the hub will keep the wheel firmly attached.
If
the hub broke, part of the hub would still be attached the the wheel and the
axle. The tire/wheel would be trapped in the fender well with the axle still
in the rear axle/differential housing. Richard
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