In a message dated 3/11/2004 8:44:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
garytash@charter.net writes:
> I have a replacement axle for my 78 that is about, as near as I can
> tell, 3/16 of an inch shorter than the one it's replacing.
> Is that a enough of a difference to make a difference?
It's certainly enough to make me want to investigate further!
Normally, the axles on a 1973 or later Spitfire measure about 1" longer than
those of the 1972 and earlier Spitfires (and Heralds, etc.). Assuming by axle
you mean a complete assembled unit, is one or the other possibly not properly
assembled? Do the assemblies match otherwise? For example, the "longer" axle
assemblies will have a mount on the backing plate where the flexible hose
mates
to the short bundy pipe that then goes to the wheel cylinder. The older
assemblies utilized hoses that went directly to the wheel cylinder.
Seems to me there are several "off the wall" possibilities -- none of them a
good sign -- that might cause one unit to be fractionally shorter (or longer?)
than the other.
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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