The halfshaft broke on my street Bugeye! I thought that only happened to race cars - I certainly don't drive Mr. White that sprightly! It broke about an inch and a half from the end, about 1/4" befor
Bud, That is the typical tale of the broken halfshaft. They were not very well built, especially the ones that came in Bugeyes. The ones built after they discontinued the Sprite tend to be a signifi
David is correct. The first years that I had my car I twisted an axle off about every 18 months. Having very few tools, I would pull the differential and just wash everything off in gas (27 cents a
How did the splines look on the axle that broke? You may have had some play there that was making the noise. The later shafts are stronger. They are identifiable by a grove turned on the splines not
Those shafts used to break regularly when the cars were still new. Get a set of Seventies Midget shafts. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.ht
Bob, When I started buying gas it was 32 cents a gallon......... You must be older than me ;) At that time, I had a Triumph Herald and it took about $2.50 to fill it. Kevin V. _______________________
Bob is older then dirt. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html http://www.team.net/archive http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets
Most likely :-) Gas stations use to give you gifts if you filled your tank and the total was at least $2, I could never get the gifts. Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966
LOL you put a smile on my face this morning Larry. Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes 2000 Miata Special Edition ___
I think I still have a metal Sinclair Dinosaur I got with a fill up and I got more than one box of free candy at the Stuckey's on Rt 43 in Portage county Ohio. My local station would not only pump th
Careful Kevin or you are going to be as old as dirt too. Bob Kitterer 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes 2000 Miata Special Editi
<<Careful Kevin or you are going to be as old as dirt too.>> After I suprized him by just showing up at his last LBC PA Rally Bob, I am BETTING Kev AGED a least half a decade<G>!! So he IS 'catching
Broken half-shafts...more than likely the vehicle has been jacked one to many times from under the diff centre housing, this has the effect of putting a bow in the axle housing, end-2-end, particular