David,
I believe you could substitute the later, Salisbury, axle in place of
the earlier banjo-type axle if it's wire wheels that you are after.
There are more of the Salisbury type to be found.
If you do that, clean out and go over the rear axle before
installation. Thrust washers are usually worn out by 75M miles, seals
can be worn, pinion immersion depth might need to be checked, etc. With
axle on the workbench, replacement of bearings & seals, etc, is easy.
Bob
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:32:16 -0700 "Councill, David"
<dcouncill@msubillings.edu> writes:
> Thanks Paul, this was what I was looking for. Since the PO provided
> the
> hubs/half-axles I thought they were all necessary in the process. I
> don't like the idea of the rubbing so I'll either try to find a ww
> rear
> axle or just convert the front back to disc. It is something I
> won't
> worry about until next spring so I can just keep a look to see what
> might come up for sale along those lines in the next half year. I
> have
> heard the banjo rear axles are hard to find these days so I may end
> up
> going disc, probably be quite a bit cheaper anyway if not as cool
> looking.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgs-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Paul Hunt
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:45 AM
> To: MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] [MG-MGB] 64B restoration
>
> Axles are fully interchangeable into the bodies, but each axle has
> it's
> own
> handbrake cable. If you fit wire wheel hubs to the wider steel
> wheel
> axle you
> will almost certainly get the outsides of the tyres rubbing on the
> arches, I
> did even with so-called conversion hubs which are machined to sit
> closer
> than
> the standard hubs. I got round that by fitting harder RB springs,
> but
> that
> gave a very unpleasant ride over some surfaces and so eventually I
> changed to
> a wire wheel axle and went back to the proper springs. Going the
> other
> way
> i.e. bolt-on hubs on a wire-wheel axle you could get rubbing of the
> insides of
> the tyres. Because there are a pair of hubs on half-shafts I
> suspect a
> PO
> though he could put wire wheel half-shafts with hubs attached into
> a
> steel
> wheel axle. You definitely can't do that as the wire wheel ones
> are
> shorter,
> but can put either hub on either half-shaft, with the above
> provisos.
> Examine
> the splines on the hubs carefully before fitting them, if they are
> knife-edged
> or even worse leaning over they are beyond use.
>
> PaulH.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> ... How hard is it to use the axles
> provided (once I get the rust cleaned off and remove the knock
> offs
> that
> is)? I am also concerned about the tire rubbing that I have heard
> occurs
> with ww conversions.
>
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