Alan,
Yes you can use the longer steel wheel axles but you will have to remove
some of the splined end. Install your steel axle as far as it will go, then
make sure the hub carrier is pulled out towards you as far as it will go, then
measure the gap between the axle flange and the hub carrier then remove about
1/16" more. Check for fit. I'ved used a power hacksaw for this and you will
be surprised how quickly it saws thru the axle. Clean up the sawed end with a
fine fine and your done. Yes there is plently of spline left so as not to
bind inside the spyder gear.
Bob
--- On Fri, 8/20/10, frogeye <frogeye@cox.net> wrote:
From: frogeye <frogeye@cox.net>
Subject: [Spridgets] converting wire axles to solid
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Date: Friday, August 20, 2010, 8:21 AM
I recall several discussions about simply swapping rear axles from a wire
wheeled rear banjo assembly to a solid banjo to allow wire wheels to be used
or convert an early MK to wires
There was a concern about the length of the axles and not engaging to the
same
extent inside the read diff.
I am working with a situation that might lead to going the other way ,
meaning
using solid rimed axles in a wire wheeled banjo
Is it safe to say that the solid axles are longer and therefore may not fit
in
a narrower wire wheeled banjo?
Just taking a look at doing something and later finding out it won't work
I plan to measure 2 axles at some point once I gather them up and can take
some comparisons side by side
Alan
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