Re: broken axle

[Ron Benson]

Hi Mike, Have looked at your pics. and my shaft broke exactly in the same place as yours! Have looked back in my records and the halfshafts came from Moss and not the OCC as I stated (apologies Harry). Moss are unable to tell me what the spec. of their 'shafts is or was. As yet unable to contact Roger F. for replacement/s. Regards, Ron Benson

----- Original Message ----- From: "dudespine" mdudasik@optonline.net> To: ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:01 AM Subject: broken axle > > Hi Ron, > Join the crowd! I broke one about two weeks ago (maybe we can make one > good rear end between our cars). > I posted some pictures if you wish to see mine. Hopefully it will all > be buttoned up in a few weeks. > Good luck with your repair. > Mike > > > >

[1939mgtb]

looked at your pics. and my shaft broke exactly in the same place as

> yours

Hmmmm. Looked at my Granau Axles. Unbowed in spite of multiple drubbings. Good ones! Best regards, Ray "There are no easy answers in this case m'lud."

[Bob Grunau]

Thanks Ray, but the spelling is Grunau. So far, touch TC ash wood, I have not had a rear axle failure. Come to think of it, no stub axle failures either. Email for price list and photos of T-ABC parts available. Bob Grunau Bob Grunau 150 Pinewood Trail, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L5G-2L1 905-274-4136 \ looked at your pics. and my shaft broke exactly in the same place as

> yours

Hmmmm. Looked at my Granau Axles. Unbowed in spite of multiple drubbings. Good ones! Best regards, Ray "There are no easy answers in this case m'lud."

[Ron Simon]

All this information about broken axles reminds me of my own adventures many years ago. Back in late 1953 I had recently purchased my first TC. I was 19 years old and new hardly anything about mechanics. I usually parked it on the left side of the single car garage behind my mothers house. One day when I went to drive it, it would not move and made funny noises. from the rear axle. My younger brother and I decided that it must be the axle. We proceeded to put the TC on jack stands and took apart the right side brake drum etc. When the hub and axle finally came out, we wound nothing wrong with it. It must have been the left axle after all. The TC was now up in the air along side of the left wall of the garage. Fortunately our mothers house was built in 1910 as probably was the garage. The garage was built with what was then called board and batt so the left wall was just boards with no frame work. We proceeded to cut a hole in the wall large enough to remove the hub and axle and sure enough it was the broken side. When the TC was finished and running again we nailed some wood over our hole and I believe it remains there to this day. Mother never new. A few years ago we went back to Boyle Heights in Los Angeles and saw the garage still standing. After we started racing the TC in 1958 we used to purchase our axles from Gough Industries in LA for $5.00. when that got too expensive we had axles arc welded to the hubs. When they broke we put the hubs in a lathe and removed the weld, then welded another axle in. We stopped racing many years ago.Today with our current TC we use axles with tapers and hubs to match. We have not had any problems for many years but we do keep a spare axle wrapped with plastic behind the tool box under the bonnet. Ron Simon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]