I have some questions but let me preface it with a couple comments:
1. George Wright had contacted Stock Car Products, who make a variety of
items for (guess). I was mistaken in that they evidently did show some
interest if the minimum were 20 pair.
2. We now have interest from:
Contacted
Mike Jackson
John Lye
Irv Korey
George Wright
Joe Alexander
Jack Drews
Chip Bond
Not contacted but probably have a need:
Allan Pinnell* (phone # anyone?)
J. Harkness*(phone # anyone?)
J. Snook*
Bill Thumel*
3: Strange Engineering has requested that I send a drawing, then a sample
shaft. They claim they can perform all operations in house with the
exception of heat treating. They maybe a potential supplier.
Questions?
Failure mode: G.Wright had his break inboard of the bearing race stop. I've
heard of brakage at the keyway, does anyone have firsthand knowledge of
this? Other modes?
Service life: G. Wright car had axles that probably date from the 80's at
least. The car was a road racer then xcrossed then returned to road racing.
Is is possible that simple fatigue has taken it's toll? Can anyone document
a failure of NOS or known low-milage axle shafts? If so how did they break?
Axle length: To simplify the order, is it possible to extend the splined
end on the production run then just part off the axle end for TR-3 usage? I
believe that the TR-3 shaft is just shorter that the TR4 counterpart. Am I
mistaken?
Regards All,
Chip
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