20-10-2021, 07:39 PM
Hi Stuart
Gratifying that all those old axles can be utilised. Unfortunatel I do not have a swb car to utilise my acquired collection. Presumably you weld up the old keyway. Regent axles in particular seem very hard but nothing carbide tools cannot handle.
On many axles a rough light pass has been made over the indent with a coarse grinder, suggesting the edge of the crater was a recognised problem. Would expect to worsen!
If I had known of the propensity to break there the cornering antics of my youth would have been very curtailed.
Unfortunate that the break too far in the be inspected. With a tested crank and key way I had great faith in my car and explored many out of the way places very far from home. And no AA membership....!
Coincidentally last night on TV "Engineering Failures" a tremendous US rail smash when axle on an oil wagon failed. It had been cast or forged with a huge defect hollow centre and fatigue eventually doomed it.
Gratifying that all those old axles can be utilised. Unfortunatel I do not have a swb car to utilise my acquired collection. Presumably you weld up the old keyway. Regent axles in particular seem very hard but nothing carbide tools cannot handle.
On many axles a rough light pass has been made over the indent with a coarse grinder, suggesting the edge of the crater was a recognised problem. Would expect to worsen!
If I had known of the propensity to break there the cornering antics of my youth would have been very curtailed.
Unfortunate that the break too far in the be inspected. With a tested crank and key way I had great faith in my car and explored many out of the way places very far from home. And no AA membership....!
Coincidentally last night on TV "Engineering Failures" a tremendous US rail smash when axle on an oil wagon failed. It had been cast or forged with a huge defect hollow centre and fatigue eventually doomed it.