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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">rich antal</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 11:32:38 AM EDT, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv8429013880"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Richard -<div><br clear="none"></div><div>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!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">That said if you are going up and down hills all the time, you can build up stress fractures then it finally goes.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thankfully a pretty easy fix.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Best,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Alan</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8429013880gmail_quote yiv8429013880gmail_quote_container"><div id="yiv8429013880yqt13713" class="yiv8429013880yqt8339520001"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv8429013880gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 4:38 PM Richard Antal via Healeys <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv8429013880gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr">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..</div><div dir="ltr">Rich Antal</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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