[Healeys] the BANG!

[Alan Seigrist]

Hi Richard -

The axles can build up cracks over time with alot of back and forth
application of loads.  Generally not an issue on big healeys because the
axles are short (less tortional stress) and the cars are not heavy.  I
broke an axle on my A90, easy to do!

That said if you are going up and down hills all the time, you can build up
stress fractures then it finally goes.

Thankfully a pretty easy fix.

Best,

Alan

On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 4:38 PM Richard Antal via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> The right rear axle broke. Does imply a defect in the metal casting. No
> trauma to the axle that I can recall. I'm just glad it's not the clutch or
> transmission..
> Rich Antal
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