[Healeys] the BANG!

[Alan Seigrist]

could also be a manufacturing defect that finally manifested

On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 11:39 AM Richard Antal <rantal243 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks for you comments, Alan. They mechanics doing the repair said that
> it appeared as though the axle had sustained damage in the past. Perhaps
> your observation explains how this could happen.
> rich antal
>
> On Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 11:32:38 AM EDT, Alan Seigrist <
> healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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