Yes, for a while, it was quite common to adapt wire wheel half shafts.
It involved some machining (remove the spline at the end). From what
others have told me, this was more out of necessity rather than choice
- supplies of the high strength units had dried up and the modern
specialist manufacturers hadn't started making them yet.
There were factory high strength half shafts, and the 'Dufor' half
shafts (I don't know for sure but the factory ones and the Dufors may
be the same thing). I have a set of Dufors on one of my sprites, but
for serious use (racecar and redcar) I use the modern manufactured
high-strength units. They still do break, but pretty rarely. I haven't had
one fail for the last 5 years and I give them a heap of stick in the
racecar (drop the clutch at 5,000 at race starts).
Mike
----Original Message-----
From: Richard L. Bergstrom <ric_bergstrom@juno.com>
To: mikeg@vicnet.net.au <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, 1 August 1998 11:46
Subject: Re: Rear axle casing moving to axles and strength
>Wasn't one of the racing tricks to run wire wheel axles since they are
>stronger? I think they just cut off the splines and ran them. Of course
>you can get them made from unobtanium and rarely snap one, but they cost
>$$$. Mike what do you run in red car to cure those axle snapping blues?
>
>Ric Bergstrom, Richmond, VA 73-74 Midget, 88 Volvo
>
>Central Virginia MG Classics WWW.CENTRALVAMG.COM
>COME TO RICHMOND---September 19th-20th Richmond British Car Days at
>Berkeley Plantation. E-mail me for info or see the website.
>
>On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 11:52:24 +1000 "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
>writes:
>>Yes, the wire wheel housing is narrower, something like 1 - 2" overall
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Martyn Ridley <ridleymj@bis.on.ca>
>>To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>Date: Thursday, 30 July 1998 10:12
>>Subject: Rear axle casing
>>
>>
>>>Is there a difference in the rear axle casing between steel and wire
>>wheel
>>>cars as there is with the MG B?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Martyn
>>>
>>>59 Frog, 62 Midget, neither running.
>>>On the road of life there are Sports Cars.
>>>
>>
>>
>
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