I found a vendor who could solve this problem forever, although I have not
yet tried it. He will take your rear hub and machine to fit a new roller
bearing that rides on an inner race instead of the needle bearings riding
directly on the axel. With this setup, you should not have to replace the
axels every 10,000 miles. You send him your axel, and he'll do the
modifications for $250 per half axel. I may do this upgrade this winter.
NFI. If you are interested, drop me an email and I'll forward his email
address.
Dan Parrott
Savannah, Ga
-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of William Davies
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 4:53 PM
To: Gary; Spitlist; NASS
Subject: Re: Rear Axle Wear
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary <garytash@charter.net>
>
> I'm wavering whether I should replace the axle. I always get into a
> endless loop of 'yes - no - but . . ' I'm looking for any guidelines or
> alternatives to help me break out of the loop.
Hi Gary,
The inner bearing runs directly on the axle, so the axle has a ground
surface in that area. As the outer bearing has it's own inner race, the axle
surface isn't critical. As long as the inner bearings haven't begun to
pick-up on the surface of the shaft then I would re-use as a matter of
course. If there are needle roller marks on the axle then it's time for a
new one,
Cheers,
Bill.
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