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1. Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor); Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:50:12 -0700 (PDT); List--In looking at the way the rear hub is designed and attached to the trailing arm, I see no way "the wheel could come off" if an axle should break. Such an unlikely episode would also require tha; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00514.html (7,589 bytes)
2. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: jay_welch@juno.com; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 07:35:26 -0400; Hi Dick, What about the hub itself? Have they been known to come apart when allowed to wear beyond spec????? Jay; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00515.html (8,018 bytes)
3. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: Ted Stevens<trstevens@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 04:58:58 -0700; [snip]I see no way "the wheel could come off" if an axle should break. Such an unlikely episode would also require that all six bolts that secure the hub to the trailing arm would have to let go. If; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00516.html (7,973 bytes)
4. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:27:26 -0500; You need to look again. The wheel of comes off if the axle breaks because the large nut at the outboard end of the stub axle is what holds the hub together and holds the driving flange to the hub. I; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00519.html (9,007 bytes)
5. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Kai M. Radicke" <kai@radiohead.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:35:19 -0400; that an IRS car or solid axle? Did the axle break, or the hub I'm glad Dick started this topic, in the thread from last week I was going to post that the six studs that hold the hub to the trailing a; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00520.html (9,615 bytes)
6. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Michael Lupynec" <mlupynec@globalserve.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:43:05 -0400; What does one say after sorry? Getting sloppy, getting old. With wheels actually falling off, getting minor angst. Got to do it right (3rd attempt). ".....this "...they stiffening." funny in departin; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00524.html (10,497 bytes)
7. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:18:38 -0400 (EDT); I've seen two actual cases of TR6 hubs coming off. The first one (VTR '97) was due to the studs holding the hub carrier to the trailing arm pulling out of the trailing arm. The entire wheel, hub/out; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00525.html (9,484 bytes)
8. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:31:57 -0400 (EDT); If they are installed properly, they will take pretty sever loads without pulling out. Keep in mind that the 6 bolts are mounted in shear, not tension... Tony's rollover was a TR4 solid axle. The out; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00527.html (9,554 bytes)
9. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:43:41 -0400 (EDT); Not to nit-pick, but the axle failure/roll-over was actually at Road America in WI. It was in the turn called "the carousel". It was _very unfortunate_. The ol' 59 was a very, very nice car. rml -- B; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00528.html (8,697 bytes)
10. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Kai M. Radicke" <kai@radiohead.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:08:07 -0400; Not to nit-pick Bob, but I was talking about two seperate incidents of solid axle failure... Tony's car (or rather his father's car) AND the British TR5 that flipped at Mid-Ohio. Kai; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00532.html (8,625 bytes)
11. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:56:27 -0400 (EDT); Ah. Except the TR5 incident at Mid-Ohio was not a flip (nor an axle failure). There was a TR4 (George Wright) that flipped at Mid-Ohio that had an axle depart. That car had the so-called Chip Bond ax; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00535.html (9,518 bytes)
12. RE: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Bernard Robbins" <brobbins@wlg.nec.co.nz>; Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 07:29:53 +1200; Hi Dick et all, I have had two incidents where the wheel could have come off. It was just good luck it didn't as I was driving about 50kph each time. In both cases the outer axle shaft had cracked ju; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00541.html (9,439 bytes)
13. RE: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Mike Munson" <fasttrs@mindspring.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:37:47 -0400; Legend has it that all the axles are broken at the factory when the keyways are pressed in. It is just a matter of time before they finish breaking!! Lowered cars that do not have the bump stops remo; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00542.html (10,450 bytes)
14. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "." <gln@worldpath.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:58:34 -0700; Ok guys, you've got me a bit freaked out!! So your telling me that at anytime , let's say when I'm blasting down the highway at 90 mph , one of my rear wheels might decide to take a walk... I had my; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00548.html (11,486 bytes)
15. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "." <gln@worldpath.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:02:13 -0700; my of; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00549.html (11,469 bytes)
16. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Phil Parcells" <cougardb@frontiernet.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:33:58 -0400; Dang - I'm doing 0 MPH here. (engine is on stand) But I'm following this thread with interest. I have alot of access to Ford 8 in rears, I usually sell them to a Hot-Rod buddy at Carlisle when I get; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00550.html (12,625 bytes)
17. RE: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Mike Munson" <fasttrs@mindspring.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:06:10 -0400; When they decide to finish breaking it doesn't matter what speed you're at. Chances are you won't have a problem unless you have racing type stresses on them, i.e. wide sticky race tires, extreme co; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00551.html (12,725 bytes)
18. Re: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:54:12 -0400 (EDT); Checking your axles... Well, for a street driven car, just do the normal check to make sure there's no excessive play in the rear wheel bearings. That should be plenty. When you have the hubs apart; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00561.html (8,413 bytes)
19. RE: Old wives tale? (score: 1): Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:43:03 +0100; For anyone who lives somewhere where there aren't any Corvairs, Cambridge Motorsport in the UK sell some nice balanced aluminium/steel racing hubs and axles - a mere snip at around #1000 the pair. Re; /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00566.html (11,123 bytes)

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