[Spridgets] Wire wheel conversion and the rear axles.

[Jim Fournier]

On my bugeye I had extra Wire axles machined to allow the splines to bolt on 
to the ogiginal drums, Simple and effective with no axle problems.

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "HealeyRick" <healeyrick at yahoo.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>; "Dean Hedin" 
<dlh2001 at comcast.net>; "fastvee" <fastvee at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Wire wheel conversion and the rear axles.


> When I converted my bugeye to wire wheels I air chiseled the welch plug 
> out
> from inside the wire wheel hub and pressed the axle out to match the 
> length of
> the disc wheel axle (about 3/4-5/8")  This allows the splines to fully 
> engage
> in the diff.  Haven't noticed any problems.  BTW, you need to replace the
> welch plug with a new one or an appropriately sized rubber ball or you'll 
> leak
> gear oil all over your brake shoes.
>
> Rick
>
>
> Follow My Nasty Boy Build:  http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo
>
> --- On Wed, 6/16/10, fastvee <fastvee at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: fastvee <fastvee at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Wire wheel conversion and the rear axles.
> To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>, "Dean Hedin"
> <dlh2001 at comcast.net>
> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 9:32 AM
>
> Dean,
> I had the same concerns about the axles on my wire wheel Midget because it
> was
> a conversion using a disk wheel axle housing. Recently I rebuilt the rear
> suspension and converted back to disk wheels. The wire wheel axle was 
> engaged
> 1/2" and was showing a notch worn into the splines, a textbook stress 
> raiser.
> I've been driving this car for 5 years and  try to take care of the clutch
> and
> axles, but suspect these axles were going to meet the same fate. You can 
> see
> the notches on this pic;
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastvee/4550504969/
> John
>
> --- On Wed, 6/16/10, Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> At the Westtown affair, I met a gentleman who converted a 71 Midget and 
> who
> had done so by simply swapping the wire axles in.
> He said he and his brother took the car out for a test spin and as soon as
> they went up a steep hill the limited engaged splines striped off the
> axle.   In this case they were unaware of the different lengths of the 
> axles.
> He indicated that the axle did not break clean, but actually shaved just 
> the
> splines off.
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