Ruby Red Car go BANG

[no_cones_ever]

same thing happened to my dad in august of last year and it turns out he blew the spiders in the rear end and the left axle splines ....

autocross

 

[Atrus]

I'd like to add that I'm really impressed with the people on this forum--genuinely helpful and friendly. I participate in a classic-bicycle email list, and, wow, you wouldn't believe the egos! This place is extraordinarily pleasant, more so by comparison with my other experiences.

Agreed! Hopefully I don't offend anyone with this comment, but I think that a lot of it has to do with the maturity level of the forum. I'm part of a Grand Prix community that I hardly participate in anymore due to the drama that goes on there.

Thanks everyone!

 

[kcbugeye1275]

The thing that hasn't been said is that the later, stronger axle has a groove about 1/2" from the end of the splines. The bugeye axles are weaker and do not have this groove. I've had a 1275 bugeye for about five years and haven't had any problems with axle breakage. The 3.9 gearing with the 5 speed will give you about 80 mph at a little over 4,000 rpm. The only time you really notice it is uphill on the highway at 60 to 65, and it only requires you to down shift. With a four speed tranny it is really a better way to go. I,m thinking fo trying a 3.7 from a later 1500.

 

[jlaird]

I actually have an extra axle for these times.

Wife broke off the last one but it had prob been ready to go for quite a while. Standard axles are fine for street use but just remember a used one is used but it will get you back on the road in 20 min.

 

[msoylemez]

OK, now this is an interesting thread. I have been toying with the idea of converting to rear disk brakes (as my rear drums don't really work right now--I've been relying on front brakes pretty much exclusively) and called around and found that Winner's Circle has a pretty easy disc brake conversion kit for about $650ish I think. This set up would force you to fab an ebrake set up, but with a spot caliper from Wilwood or somewhere else, this could be done. Cool.

While I had Dave at Winners Circle on the phone, for curiousity's sake, I asked him about the hardened axles, and he told me that he would definitely recommend double hubs if I went this route. He then proceeded to warn me, however, that sometimes the double hubs have problems mounting on the original axle housing (getting a good seal I guess(?)) and that the axle housing would have to be ground down and that this might then lead to more issues with other parts in proximity and then something else, something else, etc, etc. Truth be told, I didn't understand all of the issues he told me (this happens to me frequently!) , but I do remember that the upshot was that if you switched to hardened shafts, it could very well lead you down a rat hole.

So, my question is 1) does anyone know what Dave was talking about and 2) is he correct?

Mustafa

 

[ncbugeye]

Being Sarastro, you should be very happy with the civilised discourse on the forum. After all...

“In diesen heil’gen Hallen kennt man die Rache nicht,
und ist ein Mensch gefallen, führt Liebe ihn zur Pflicht.“

I know I am being extremely cryptic here for many of our readers, but I just through I’d put this brain teaser in there.

 

[Sarastro]

In these heavenly halls man knows not revenge,
And when a man has fallen, love leads him to duty.

Magic Flute, I think. Not too hard for someone whose networked computers are named Sarastro, DonGiovanni, Leporello, Papageno, and Monostatos. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif