> As the owner of a solid axle Triumph, I don't need to worry about
> those funny rubber doughnut links in my LBC's drive line.
> However, it occurred to me that there might be a market for someone
> to take modern CV joints and adapt them for use in Spits, Heralds
> GT6s and etc.
>
> I know there's someone providing CV kits for the TR6...
> Is there anyone working on this project?
>
> The "dyed-in-the-wool" originality Nazis would most likely turn
> their collective noses up at this concept, But it seems to me, for
> those who really like driving their LBCs, this may go a very long way
> to cure a headache.
>
> Greg "wool gathering on a fine December afternoon" Petrolati
>
>
> gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
> "That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
> Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
>
>
Greg,
Not a bad thought but there is one minor flaw. (Don't ya just hate that
phraze?!)
The CV device by its design has the ability to deal with axial motion built into
it. That's one of the things that make them work so well. The swing axle design
(Insert gagging sounds and motions here!) requires the axle to be a link with no
axial motion as it locates the wheel and determines track width. :-( Sorry.
It's true I don't like the swing axle design. I've raced Spits and own several,
so I know the beast. My son and I are building a Spit-6 with rotoflex rear
suspension because I won't allow him to drive a swing axle car. SO THERE!!
NYAHH.
I'll just hop down off the soapbox now thank you. :-)
Toodles
Ken Boetzer
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