[Fot] Mueller (?) Spitfire Axles

[Tim Pettenati]

Hi Derek, 

My old post, and yes yours look like Mueller axles also.
Mine had play between the yokes and splines, rotationally and laterally.  Like yours someone tried to weld the axle to yoke but it didn't last.  I also found one axle slightly bent.
Replaced with Joe Siam/Chequered Flag Racing axles.  No regrets, it a well built kit.
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Cheers,Tim




     On Thursday, October 1, 2015 7:45 PM, D V <explore8 at outlook.com> wrote:
   

 <!--#yiv4743753319 .yiv4743753319hmmessage P{margin:0px;padding:0px;}#yiv4743753319 body.yiv4743753319hmmessage{font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}-->I believe I have 'Mueller' made axles on my Spitfire. One side has quite a bit of play. The other side, the yoke that attaches to a spicer ujoint at the diff was welded to the axle. That yoke has cracked along the weld line. This yoke has 10 splines and is secured with a circlip around the axle shaft.

Other racing axles I have seen have a 1/4 bolt drilled through the yoke and shaft.

Based on the attached pictures, should I (a) look to replace the entire setup (b) have a machine shop drill for a 1/4" bolt or (c) something else all together. 

The axle at the hub appears to be fine. 

This car has a long racing history with logbook back to the early 70s.

http://s182.photobucket.com/user/tx63conv/media/Spitfire/CEFFB838-A2A8-4B78-839F-AC308DC42EB5_zpsm17lc7cp.jpg.html

http://s182.photobucket.com/user/tx63conv/media/Spitfire/3010C47E-F3D8-452A-993A-4495F7BBC54D_zpsu9iuwg2d.jpg.html

There is an old post with similar axles but I didn't see what the resolution was.
http://www.team.net/html/fot/2012-02/msg00063.html

Thanks for the help.

Derek

 
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