[Fot] spitfire axles

[dale oesterle]

I have some aftermarket billet axles for spits.  Dale Oesterle

--- On Sun, 3/15/09, Rocky Entriken <rocky at spitfire4.com> wrote:

From: Rocky Entriken <rocky at spitfire4.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] spitfire axles
To: britbits at netzero.com, fot at autox.team.net
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 4:12 PM

So how have I managed to autocross and roadrace my Mk. 1 Spitfire for 44
years
without ever snapping a U-joint?

Inner axles, yes. Many times. Even the "big" ones on occasion. But
ever since I ditched my well-worn limited slip for a welded-up rear, even
that
has reduced to almost zero (two in nearly 20 years). Outer axle once and then
I
put in performance axles and never had that problem again. But the only
U-joint
failure I ever had was when the car was still a road car, on a trip to New
York
(from Kansas) in 1966 or '67, and it basically ran out of grease and froze
inside the U-joint carrier. Even then I got it to where I needed to get to
(Long
Island) and we fixed it there.

Just lucky, I guess.  :-)

--Rocky


----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim" <britbits at netzero.com>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] spitfire axles


> In a related topic, what happens when you snap an axle u-joint at speed?
> Wheel tuck under and launch?
>
> I've been lucky that the two u-joints I've snapped in the
autocrosser where
> at launch so I was able to get it stopped without further drama.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim
> Dallas
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of RACER BUD
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:24 PM
> To: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Fot] spitfire axles
>
>
> Maybe some of the newer guys/gals don't know why it's so important
to have a
> competition axle setup on a Spitfire or GT6...The weak point is where the
> keyway is in the hub..that's where the stock axle breaks...the
competition
> axles..or at least the ones i know about have the hub and axle welded
> together..and they are larger diameter
> BECAUSE..since there is no axle housing......when the axle breaks..the
wheel
> goes Bye Bye...
> Racer Bud
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> Click to find high quality stock photos and images.
>
http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYR2bolRR8HcwtXPYY9eznaP6
L6sMkMIvnjvoFEmAEZlcsAmIVcnGA/
> _______________________________________________
> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
>
> http://www.fot-racing.com
>
> Fot mailing list
> Fot at autox.team.net
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot
Fot mailing list
Fot at autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot