In a message dated 07/25/2000 4:00:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu writes:
<< In talking to another FOTer about the Ford rear axle conversion that
I did, I remembered what may be the most important advantage to the
Speedway full floating axle setup (at least in this context). The full
floating
axle uses tubular axles that are splined on either end; one end inserts into
the diff and the other mates with the hub. The hub is attached to the
axle housing, not the axle. With this design, not only is it trivial to
change
axles if an axle were to break (three allen head bolts and slide the axle
out),
but more importantly, the hub and wheels stay with the car.
>>
John, we agree with all of the above, and when we look at the TRIUMPH axle
and hub, we would think it would be easy to convert it to a full floating
axle. Any one have any idea why that was never pursued? Are we missing
something?
Bill Dentinger
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