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Re: Rear Axle Fit?

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Subject: Re: Rear Axle Fit?
From: "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott" <toobmany@bigpond.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 23:41:15 +1100
Reply-to: "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott" <toobmany@bigpond.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
>From the dim darks I recall A40 Farina axles are a little longer than
Sprite axles although I'm willing to be proved wrong.

Peter

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> From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Rear Axle Fit?
> Date: Monday, 22 November 1999 16:46
> 
> I just spent all afternoon and most of the evening assembling and
> installing the front and rear bearings and hubs.  I had planned to have
> the brakes in and the car off the homebuilt dolly and on wheels by now.
> Last weekend was spent installing the rear axle and springs.
> The front suspension has been in for a few weeks now.  The problem I'm
> having is with the rear axles. They both will not seat on the hub
> flange.  They bottom out about 1/16th away from the flange.  Gonna be
> some oil leak there!  I tried Frank's remedy: a BFH.  No dice.
>      Have I got two incorrect axles?  This was a basket case and the
> rear end was not assembled when I got it.  What gives?
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite

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