[Fot] Summers axle breakage

[RACER BUD]

Hi Scott...I suggest talking  to Joe Siam about the axle assemblies that he 
makes
Racer Bud spitfire #21
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr at McCarty-Law.com>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 2:56 PM
Subject: [Fot] Summers axle breakage


> Well, good new and bad news.  The good news? I still have one good 
> Spitfire Summers Bros. axle.  The bad news is that I have one broken one.
>
> More good news is that #49Blue stayed shiny-side up rather than go ass 
> over tea kettle as it seemed momentarily inclined to do.  All I've lost 
> (that I know so far) is a brake drum, backing plate, etc.  I feel certain 
> I'll be able to find the wheel and tire out in the weeds after the last 
> session of the afternoon.  And I'd imagine my brake drum is still attached 
> to the wheel.
>
> The point of all this rambling is that those of you who have those Summers 
> axles ought to take a looooooong hard look at them once in a while.  I've 
> got maybe a dozen full weekends on them and perhaps 6000 partial weekends. 
> On initial inspection, it appears that there are beach marks indicating 
> that this axle has been cracking for a while and chose today to fail 
> entirely, breaking off just inside of the outer bearing race.  Hard to say 
> how long, but not long enough for the cracked bit so have any rust or 
> discoloration.
>
> Chuck Gee, would you mind giving me a shout some time this next week about 
> your Spit axles?
>
> Scott B.
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