21-12-2021, 04:51 PM
Hi Jon
I had a badly welded casing on an axle I had. It manifested itself as the inability to mesh the gears well and by causing the drum to catch on the backplate. Both conspired to make the axle unbearably noisy.
The axle tubes should be completely straight and can be checked with a straight edge. I doubt if the bell end of the tubes would bend before the tubes have distorted to an obvious degree.
Cheers
Howard
I had a badly welded casing on an axle I had. It manifested itself as the inability to mesh the gears well and by causing the drum to catch on the backplate. Both conspired to make the axle unbearably noisy.
The axle tubes should be completely straight and can be checked with a straight edge. I doubt if the bell end of the tubes would bend before the tubes have distorted to an obvious degree.
Cheers
Howard