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1. [Healeys] stub axles (score: 1)
Author: "allen c miller jr" <acmiller@mhcable.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:21:30 -0500
have heard a lot about big Healey stub axles showing latent flaws when tested. do you have them magnafluxed or xrayed? also, if magnafluxed, does shot-peening seal the cracks so they cannot be proper
/html/healeys/2009-12/msg00929.html (7,145 bytes)

2. Re: [Healeys] stub axles (score: 1)
Author: Michael Salter <msalter@precisionsportscar.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:13:18 -0500
Hi Allen, Having suffered a stub axle failure while racing a Healey I can appreciate your concern. Many years ago I had every Healey and MG stub axle that I owned crack tested. More than half the Hea
/html/healeys/2009-12/msg00947.html (9,597 bytes)

3. Re: [Healeys] stub axles (score: 1)
Author: andy pole <ampole@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 07:41:00 +0000
I have to agree with Michael that the later axles may be stronger from the comments by Dennis Welch when they reamed mine, they stated that 50 % had cracks on the ealier axles (and they crack tested
/html/healeys/2010-01/msg00023.html (6,833 bytes)

4. Re: [Healeys] stub axles (score: 1)
Author: awgertoo@aol.com
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 12:09:56 EST
What is the recommended procedure to best test stub axles. I have several sets of the three-part spray-on revealant and if the cracks are commonly found where the splined portion and the mounting fla
/html/healeys/2010-01/msg00032.html (7,540 bytes)

5. Re: [Healeys] stub axles (score: 1)
Author: Michael Salter <msalter@precisionsportscar.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 12:10:29 -0500
Actually Andy, I neglected to add an important fact to my previous message. The BJ8 stubaxle design is quite a bit heavire than that of the earlier cars and the same as that of the MGB. Furthermore I
/html/healeys/2010-01/msg00033.html (7,904 bytes)

6. Re: [Healeys] stub axles (score: 1)
Author: "BJ8 Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:22:22 -0500
Michael, from a structural point of view, the axles would be most likely to crack on the bottom surface in the radius at the base of the axle. I am not a Non-Destructive Inspection expert, but I have
/html/healeys/2010-01/msg00037.html (8,985 bytes)

7. Re: [Healeys] stub axles (score: 1)
Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:50:05 -0800
One simple test passed on by my father is the "ring test." Hold the axle at one end and rap the axle with a ballpein hammer--you should hear a tuning fork-like ring; if it's a dull thud that doesn't
/html/healeys/2010-01/msg00043.html (8,238 bytes)


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