- 1. more breaking axles (score: 1)
- Author: Justin Cook <justincook@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 09:12:05 -0700 (PDT)
- Ack!!! I put rear wheel bearing kits on and mixed up the half shafts (well 50-50 chance anyway)! It makes sense that they twist a little one way and should always be run that same direction. Is it a
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01271.html (7,351 bytes)
- 2. Re: more breaking axles (score: 1)
- Author: Paul A Asgeirsson <pasgeirsson@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:34:48 EDT
- In the past 28 years that I have been driving my car, I broke 2 axles with the 948 engine, 0 axles with the 1275 and 0 axles with the 1500. Go figure!! I think it has more to do with the mettalurgy a
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01272.html (8,207 bytes)
- 3. Re: more breaking axles (score: 1)
- Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:14:31 -0400
- Nope! They break regardless of engine tune or tires. They tend to break most when starting out slow from a stop while taking a turn. It's a weird sensation when they break, you really think you've bl
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01275.html (8,050 bytes)
- 4. Re: more breaking axles (score: 1)
- Author: "andy webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:36:05 PDT
- There are things you can do to 'help' an axle to break, such as; * Spinning the wheels on the dirt/gravel at the side of the road and then they suddenly hit bitumen and grip *spinning the wheels at a
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01277.html (8,103 bytes)
- 5. Re: more breaking axles (score: 1)
- Author: "Geoffrey P. Muttart" <gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 17:17:15 -0300
- when My experience is the same as Robert's (including the fright!). It happened to me once when I was pulling away from a stop sign, up a slight grade & turning at the same time. Luckily I had a fri
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01288.html (8,101 bytes)
- 6. Re: more breaking axles (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:16:46 -0400
- Nope! Like Robert, axle breakage happens to any car anytime. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Bugeye Sprite 67 Sprite 59 A40 http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
- /html/spridgets/1999-04/msg01296.html (7,980 bytes)
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