Not on my 6, but my Dad's Stag (same rear axles) had a similar problem.
He had the right rear hub rebuilt by a local guy, who did it wrong.
My dad noticed a funny noise while on the highway and slowed down on
the shoulder. The right rear wheel actually fell off and the car
sustained a good amount of damage to the right rear fender area. It's
terrifying to think what could have happened at speed.
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- Bernard Robbins <brobbins@wlg.nec.co.nz> wrote:
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> Last night on the way home from work, I had a small experience with
> the RHS
> rear axle breaking on my TR6. It was a potentially a very serious and
> dangerous problem so I thought I would let you know about it. I
> shudder to
> think what might have happened once I got up to open road speed!!
>
> The symptoms:
> I got to the top of the first hill on the motorway and felt a funny
> sideways twinge in the car. Hmmm, better pull over and check the
> wheel
> nuts. Nope, they were OK. So back into the car and 100 metres up the
> road,
> and the back end of car is steering itself!
>
> Anyway, I managed to get off the motorway safely and pulled into a
> local
> fastfood outlet carpark. After inventing a few expletives,
> investigation
> revealed the axle shaft had sheared just behind the big nut which
> holds the
> flange on. The flange and associated bearings were just being held in
> by
> fresh air! Looking at it, it seems there is a manufacturing flaw in
> it.
> Anyway, I managed to get it all sorted in 2 hours (the TR6 wheel
> bearing
> units are the same as the saloons so I have a couple of spare axles
> which
> slot right in).
>
> I would be interested to hear if anyone else has broken or shorn an
> axle
> off in their TR6.
>
> Cheers
>
> Bernard Robbins
> '73 TR6 PI (heart still beating fast!)
> '71 2500 PI
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Bernard Robbins
>
> NEC New Zealand Ltd
> Network Solutions
> P.O. Box 1936
> Wellington
>
> Ph (04) 381 6274
> fax (04) 381 6284
> email brobbins@wlg.nec.co.nz
> http://www.nec.co.nz
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