Racing at National Trails, Hebron, Ohio!

[mockingbird812]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 68l30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's actually the point there &quot;supposed&quot; to break. After approx 180` of twist. An old race trick is to paint/scribe a line down the shaft to monitor how much twist is going on after a year of abuse. They will twist over time, esp with slicks. Most I've seen fail twards the splines. Haven't seen one like that in a while.

You'll like the Mosers, I'd be putting in new bearings now too. Those old junk axles like to tear them up. Good studs as well.

Good to hear everything else is tip top!!



Big </div></div>


Interesting notion Steve. Makes sense. So, after your scribed/painted line rotates 180 deg its time for a new axle?

[Dicky]

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Too funny Sam. LOL
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[68l30]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 68l30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's actually the point there &quot;supposed&quot; to break. After approx 180` of twist. An old race trick is to paint/scribe a line down the shaft to monitor how much twist is going on after a year of abuse. They will twist over time, esp with slicks. Most I've seen fail twards the splines. Haven't seen one like that in a while.

You'll like the Mosers, I'd be putting in new bearings now too. Those old junk axles like to tear them up. Good studs as well.

Good to hear everything else is tip top!!



Big </div></div>


Interesting notion Steve. Makes sense. So, after your scribed/painted line rotates 180 deg its time for a new axle? </div></div>


Yuup!

It used to be a more prevelent concept before the days of high dollar axle shafts. I guess today you'd see it more on dirt track cars and stockers. I used it recently when making a new drive shaft,for a extended trailing arm,on a custom bike. Snap snap snap...glad that bike dissapeared!


Big

[m22mike]

Big, I put new Moser studs in the new axle's. The bearings look good during tear down. Most of the metal was in the left tube.
I was a dope for not putting in new axels along time ago.

Mike

[68l30]

Lot a meat on those Mosers compaired to the stk shafts!! They really are a nice upgrade..Time to ler her rip... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img]


Big

[Xplantdad]

Yeah Mikey...front wheels off the ground! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]