[Healeys] Roadside failures

[Awgertoo at aol.com]

Richard--
 
The wheel won't stay on the car if the hub comes apart.  
 
I had such an experience last year at Shendandoah while racing my Elva  
Courier which uses a Morris/Riley (same as Sprite only two inches  wider) rear 
axle.  The left rear hub sheared in two as if it had been  placed in a bagel 
slicer and the outer half of the hub along with the  wheel, brake drum, and axle 
shaft all slid out of the axle tube about 24".   The inner half of the hub 
remained firmly attacehd to the axle tube and the nut  even stayed on.
 
Luckily this happened in a slow right turn and the car ran aground on  the 
differential and came to a stop on the macadam.  Aside from  having to weld a 
new end on the tube and replace the hub and half-shaft there  was no real damage 
done.  BTW I was using double-bearing hubs and  hardened shafts.
 
Best--Michael Oritt
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In a message dated 5/14/2008 5:46:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mayorrichard at hotmail.com writes:

I find  this one a little hard to believe. Was this in a big Healey?  In a  
big
Healey, if the rear axle broke the hub will keep the wheel firmly  attached. 
If
the hub broke, part of the hub would still be attached the the  wheel and the
axle. The tire/wheel would be trapped in the fender well with  the axle still
in the rear axle/differential housing.  Richard






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