Not dreaming. The half shafts are 450SL with Corvair backing plates and 240Z
brake drums. My problem is the small stub axels inside the differential
housing. I've broken at least three of them over the ten years I've owned and
raced the car. Three in ten years does not sound like much until they
break....which can cause some serious repercussions, if you know what I mean.
Bill
greenman62@hotmail.com wrote:
> >From: Don Marshall <marshall@nefcom.net>
> >Reply-To: Don Marshall <marshall@nefcom.net>
> >To: Richard Taylor <n196x@mindspring.com>, fot@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: Axles - IRS Corvair mod
> >Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 15:04:29 -0400
> >
> >At 02:29 PM 7/31/00 -0400, Richard Taylor wrote:
> > >Amici,
>
> >Along this same line... Has anyone who's used the Corvair rear spindle in
> >an IRS 4A or 6 had one break?
>
> I read somewhere Group 44 did that for a racing mod... I think they
> also uses half shafts from a Mercedes 190 for the inners as well...
>
> Bill Warner, Am I right or was I dreaming? (think the article was in
> British Car back when you had the car at Mid-O the first time)... For
> you Vitess and GT6 types I think the Corvair hubs were used in that
> application as well... You may want to check on that though...
>
> Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
>
> That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
>
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