I built up my Bugeye from parts and at the beginning was wondering about the
solid wheel vs wire wheel axle situation. My research told me that you could
put a wire wheel shaft into the solid wheel housing but it would not be quite
long enough to go all the way in the correct distance. It would work, and
drive the car but put all the stress on a smaller area. The one or two
E-mails I got on the question said they did not have any problems so far. I
would imagine as the HP went up , there might just be problems. A kind
fellow in England sent me the measurements for both axle housings to verify
which was which. This helped me out because I thought I had the shorter axle
in the solid wheel houlsing. This still does not answer the question of
actual axle lengh, --but let's just say, I think the wire wheel one is
shorter. Bob C
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