Hi Bill,
I just faxed the info from John, to Glen. He has been bugging me about a full
floater for a long time, but we never took the time to investigate and develop
this option. Sounds like John has and we may be close to the solution we have
all
been trying to find!
Vroom, vroom,
Jeff
BillDentin@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 07/25/2000 4:00:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
> rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu writes:
>
> << In talking to another FOTer about the Ford rear axle conversion that
> I did, I remembered what may be the most important advantage to the
> Speedway full floating axle setup (at least in this context). The full
> floating
> axle uses tubular axles that are splined on either end; one end inserts into
> the diff and the other mates with the hub. The hub is attached to the
> axle housing, not the axle. With this design, not only is it trivial to
> change
> axles if an axle were to break (three allen head bolts and slide the axle
> out),
> but more importantly, the hub and wheels stay with the car.
> >>
>
> John, we agree with all of the above, and when we look at the TRIUMPH axle
> and hub, we would think it would be easy to convert it to a full floating
> axle. Any one have any idea why that was never pursued? Are we missing
> something?
>
> Bill Dentinger
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