Maybe the longer one isn't a spridget half shaft?
While there are not L or R half shafts made, they become L or R after use.
if you use them on the wrong side, you are shortening their life (it is all
about
fatigue life and peak -to- peak load cycles).
It is easy to tell which side they have been used in - look at the splines.
One side of the spline will be shiny and slighly deforned where the spline
has been "pushed" by the diff under power. The other side gets far less
attention as it only gets engine braking loads.
You can then figure which side of the car it should go on based on the wheel
rotation direction.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 1999 4:26
Subject: spridget axle shafts
> While I was cleaning out and organizing all my extra sprite parts, I was
looking
> over three extra rear axle half-shafts that I have. I noticed that one
shaft is
> ~1/8 inch longer than the other two, as well as some other subtle
differences.
>
> Are all spridget shafts compatible??
> Are there 'left' and 'right' shafts??
>
> When I assembled my bugeye, I used axle shafts from a '78 midget, so far I
don't
> seem to have any problems, but when I installed them, I didn't
differentiate
> between right or left.
>
> Regards,
> Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
> San Jose, CA
>
>
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