I thought it had to do with heat treating of the later axles that make
them stronger. The 948 (early) axles were just cold rolled steel, which
is why they would break with such regularity with only 948 power. They
had different part numbers also. My .02 worth.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
andy webster wrote:
> Excuse my butting in please,
> You would kind of think that it would make sense to 'swap' sides so
> as to utilise the fresh, un-worn surfaces, but I suspect there is
> some metallurgical grounds for not reversing the direction of the
> torsion applied to the shaft, even though we do this periodically
> when we use reverse gear.
> andy
>
> >From: Lancer7676@aol.com
> >Reply-To: Lancer7676@aol.com
> >To: mikeg@vicnet.net.au, deadboy@hooked.net
> >CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: Busted axle shaft?!!
> >Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 06:24:12 EDT
> >
> >In a message dated 4/22/99 10:56:49 PM EST, mikeg@vicnet.net.au
> writes:
> >
> ><< you should only use a half shaft
> > from the same side of the car. >>
> >
> >Mike:
> >
> >Any reason for this? Are the half shafts dedicated LR or is there
> another
> >reason? Thanks.
> >
> >--David
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