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Another good post, Michael. A couple things:
- To the best of my recollection--I haven't gotten in there in a
while--my BN2 has the spacers. I think it was one of the later cars so
maybe they were added at the end of the run? Nothing else about the car
makes me think any of the previous owners were particularly diligent or
careful with the car (though it was in relatively good shape when we
bought it).
- If you don't have facilities for using a penetrant dye--what us
Yankees call 'magnaflux'--the 'ring test' can sometimes suffice. Suspend
the stub axle, preferably with wire, and give it a sharp rap with a
hammer, wrench, etc. The axle should ring, like a tuning fork, but if
you get a dull thud you likely have a crack in the axle. My dad took our
stub axles up to BCS to have new bushings installed and reamed, and Dad
said Norman Nock was impressed by Dad's knowledge of the ring test (Dad
was an Old School mechanic himself).
- I always assumed if a part wasn't absolutely necessary the BMC bean
counters would have it removed; maybe they realized keeping the spacer,
for the BN4s and later cars was cheaper than replacing broken stub axles?
Bob
On 1/18/2023 8:00 AM, Michael Salter wrote:
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Another good post, Michael. A couple things:<br>
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- To the best of my recollection--I haven't gotten in there in a
while--my BN2 has the spacers. I think it was one of the later cars
so maybe they were added at the end of the run? Nothing else about
the car makes me think any of the previous owners were particularly
diligent or careful with the car (though it was in relatively good
shape when we bought it).<br>
<br>
- If you don't have facilities for using a penetrant dye--what us
Yankees call 'magnaflux'--the 'ring test' can sometimes suffice.
Suspend the stub axle, preferably with wire, and give it a sharp rap
with a hammer, wrench, etc. The axle should ring, like a tuning
fork, but if you get a dull thud you likely have a crack in the
axle. My dad took our stub axles up to BCS to have new bushings
installed and reamed, and Dad said Norman Nock was impressed by
Dad's knowledge of the ring test (Dad was an Old School mechanic
himself).<br>
<br>
- I always assumed if a part wasn't absolutely necessary the BMC
bean counters would have it removed; maybe they realized keeping the
spacer, for the BN4s and later cars was cheaper than replacing
broken stub axles?<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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