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Re: Old wives tale?

To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Old wives tale?
From: Ted Stevens<trstevens@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 04:58:58 -0700
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:50:12 -0700 (PDT) Sally or Dick Taylor
<tr6taylor@webtv.net> wrote:

[snip]I see no way "the wheel could come off" if an axle should break. Such an
unlikely episode would also require that all six bolts that
secure the hub to the trailing arm would have to
let go. 
If this happened, it must've been on the solid axle TR's, but not the
ones with IRS.[snip]

I believe those 6 bolts *can* let go, since they strip so easily.

Is the "Tonys_Rollover.mpg" video file still available somewhere? Was that an
IRS car or solid axle? Did the axle break, or the hub just let loose in that
case?

Ted Stevens
74 TR6

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