I would expect that close inspection would show wear on one side of the splines
that go in the diff, no?
Phil Vanner
Mk1 Midget
On Monday, February 28, 2000 1:18 AM, Mike Maclean
[SMTP:macleans@earthlink.net] wrote:
> I sure hope someone has some spare axles just in case. I just installed the
> axles
> back in my rear end. I got this car as a basket case, and you guessed it,
> the
> axles were not installed in the rear end when I aquired the car. I've got a
> fifty,
> fifty chance.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
> Frank Clarici wrote:
>
> > Geoff Branch wrote:
> > >
> > > Have both rear axels out to renew hubs and was wondering if it made sense
> > > to
> > > change them side to side (left to right) so that the splines in them
would
> > > be
> > > riding in new surfaces? Does this make any sense?
> > >
> > > Geoff Branch '74 Meejut
> >
> > NO DO NOT CHANGE SIDES!
> > Having snapped more then a few axles and with the advise of Paul A, I
> > have learned to keep them on the side of the car they originally came
> > from.
> > Paul can explain it best, he probably will.
> > Let's just say I switched one from one side to the other and got almost
> > a whole week out of it. This was on my A40, not an overly powerful car.
> > The replacment axle also snapped a few months later. It probably came
> > off the other side of the parts car and I put it on the "wrong" side.
> > I also snapped one on my Bugeye last summer very shortly after changing
> > the diff. I did not know note which axle came out of which side and just
> > put them back according to what I grabbed first.
> > --
> > Frank Clarici
> > Toms River, NJ
> > Too many Sprites (again)
> > There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> > http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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