[Spridgets] Axle thoughts...

[Bill Masquelier]

Think about this-
I have never heard of an axle stripping out the splines to the differential,
the common mode of failure is for the axle to break just as it comes out of
the spline. The spline interface is not the weak point, the axle is. What does
it matter if there is 1/2" less axle engaged if that area never wears-out?
Just go with the common wire axle.
BillM

> From: dlh2001 at comcast.net
> To: Spridgets at autox.team.net
> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 23:14:01 -0400
> Subject: [Spridgets] Axle thoughts...
>
> It has been mentioned on the list previously, and is common knowledge, that
the wire wheel rear axle housing is
> one inch narrower that a drum brake axle housing.
>
> The situation is such that if you upgrade, say, a Bugeye to wire wheels that
the axles will be 1/2 inch shorter and you
> will lose this amount of engagment of the splines into the differential.
>
> One way around this problem has been to take a later wire wheel axle and
weld all the proper fittings
> to make it a quarter eliptic axle to fit into the Bugeye.
>
> Another option mentioned, was to press the axles out of the hub a little and
then weld the axle to the hub.
>
> Others have suggested to just live with the 1/2"  less engagement.
>
> I was wondering why nobody has made an aftermarket axle that just a 1/2 inch
longer to facilitate
> this conversion.
>
> 4 ft of 1 inch diam 4340 is only $56.  Machining cost on top of that is
what? $100 bucks maybe?
>
> Also has anybody out there ever pressed off the the axle from the wire hub?
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