Joe,
I'm a little unclear on what the $800 would buy. If I sent in a check and
two weeks later received a box with an axle/flange/bearing kit that simply
bolts into my car that would be great. If, however, I have to jack up my
car, disassemble the axle assembly and package up some or all of the parts,
it's another issue. Obviously I would have to remember for a two week
period how I to put it all back together. Given my ever-improving
forgetery, this becomes an iffy situation. Besides, even with the advantage
of my advanced years, the need for immediate gratification (with respect to
race cars [mostly]) is still one of my secret pleasures.
Thanks for your help in this matter.
Richard Taylor
TR-4
Atlanta
At 12:08 AM 10/8/00 -0700, jaboruch wrote:
>I have been discussing another TR axle option with Mark Williams
>Enterprises. Mark Williams is a fabricator of custom axle shafts and
>housings doing much work for the roundy-round and drag race crowds. I
>had sent them a TR4 axle assembly and they say that they can make a
>flanged axle as a replacement to eliminate the key/taper and separate
>hub. The difficult part will be to fit the right bearing to it and
>have a bearing retainer machined to fit. They are estimating that the
>first set would be about $950 and subsequent ones about $800 depending
>on the bearing retainer fabrication. While this would be more
>expensive than the Southwick option there are a couple of advantages.
>For those of us not near Chicago, the price would be about the same
>when taking into account shipping costs for an axle. The other
>advantage is that this would be a direct bolt on. It could be used in
>our race cars as well as street cars, and they could be swapped from
>one axle assembly to another. I have a couple axles set up with my
>4-link brackets (and soon to be coil-over brackets) and different gear
>ratios to make axle gear ratio changes easier. The Southwick option
>would require me to modify more than one housing to retain this
>advantage.
>
>Is there any interest amongst the listers in this option? As with any
>machine shop work the more the merrier to keep the costs down. Please
>let me know what you think. I am not trying to compete with the
>Southwick option but rather am trying to find something that would
>make the swap easier. I have no financial interest in Mark Williams
>Enterprises. Joe (B)
>
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