Sometimes you can see which way the splines are torqued! Makes it easy to
figure out which side they came from unless you drive backwards as hard as
you do forwards.
Kent
----- Original Message -----
From Phil Vanner <philv at pclink.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 5:16 AM
Subject: RE: rear axles
> 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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