Geoff Branch wrote:
>
> Have both rear axels out to renew hubs and was wondering if it made sense to
> change them side to side (left to right) so that the splines in them would be
> riding in new surfaces? Does this make any sense?
>
> Geoff Branch '74 Meejut
NO DO NOT CHANGE SIDES!
Having snapped more then a few axles and with the advise of Paul A, I
have learned to keep them on the side of the car they originally came
from.
Paul can explain it best, he probably will.
Let's just say I switched one from one side to the other and got almost
a whole week out of it. This was on my A40, not an overly powerful car.
The replacment axle also snapped a few months later. It probably came
off the other side of the parts car and I put it on the "wrong" side.
I also snapped one on my Bugeye last summer very shortly after changing
the diff. I did not know note which axle came out of which side and just
put them back according to what I grabbed first.
--
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Too many Sprites (again)
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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