The wire wheel half shafts are shorter, as is the axle casing. If he
currently has a steel wheel axle housing, reportedly there is no
problem fitting the wire wheel axle half shafts. They will be a
little short, such that less of the splined end is in contact with
the differential, but several listers report that for street use,
this is OK.
At 2:57 PM -0500 10/3/01, Peter C. wrote:
>Listerati,
> A non-lister needs to know how best to fit rear wire wheel axles in his
>Bugeye. I pointed out to him that this may be the reason for leakage. I
>recall the ww axle is longer. Can he grind some (how much?) off the diff
>end of the axle? or is there more to do?
> Reply to all, as he is CC'd.
>
>Thanks Peter C
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Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
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