I broke a cou;ple TR-3 axles at the end into the diff but this I figured was
'cause I was using the emergency brake onto just the right rear wheel and
so everything was going into the one axle (no limited slips were allowed). I
did see some fretting on the taper but lapping fixed that part.
----- Original Message -----
From: R. John Lye <rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu>
To: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 4:05 AM
Subject: RE: Additional SCCA Questions ?
> At 11:47 AM 8/1/00 -0700, Bill Babcock wrote:
> >It would probably eliminate most of the axle breakage problems
> >at the same time since the only load would be torque.
>
> I agree.
>
> >The TR axles are
> >really quite stout--I've never heard of anyone twisting one apart as we
see
> >with the MGA axles.
>
> Well, I broke one at the inner end - it sure looked like I twisted the
splines
> off the inner end of the axle. Of course, this is on an autocross car
which
> sees lots of hard, standing start launches which is much less of a problem
> for you road racers.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Lye
> rjl6n@Virginia.edu
>
>
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