[Healeys] stub axles, Part 1

[Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com]

I have never heart of a broken stub axle on an Austin-Healey. Is there anyone
who experienced a broken stub axle on its Healey? I know there are problems
with broken king pins on MG As, but never heart from Healeys with problems.

Josef Eckert
Konigswinter/Germany

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Von: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] Im
Auftrag von BJ8 Healeys
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 31. Dezember 2009 19:41
An: healeys at autox.team.net
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] stub axles, Part 1

After I retired from my job as engineering supervisor for the U.S. Navy H-3
Sea King helicopter design and maintenance engineering group, I became
Engineering Manager for a commercial contractor supervising 5 structural
design engineers.  These engineers used the Pro Engineer structural design
software suite on a daily basis to design modifications for Coast Guard, U.S.
Navy, and U. S. Army helicopters.  It was my hope and plan that they could
help me perform a finite element analysis of the BJ8 stub axle and bearing
assembly with and without the spacer and shims installed, so we could resolve
the question of the effect of the spacer/shims on the stub axle strength, once
and for all.
The problem I had was that I did not have the physical dimensions of the
splined hub adapter and the internal stack-up of parts that could be used as
input to the analysis.



Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA
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