Afer coming back from Maritime on Thursday of last week, I stripped the car down and gave her a clean and dusting; stripped off the wires as advised and got it all soldered up today and gave her a run outside my place on a nice bit of tarmac.
To my horror, I think I may have bent a rear axle!!
Now, I am at one with the wall on many occasions when wafting around the track too fast for my own good and my fellow competitors, but bending an axle..!? I was unaware of this, until the mesh which I may have mentioned in previous in this thread, made an ugly noise.
Is bending the rear axle easy to do?? ish?
This is my second bent rear axle, after my first outing over in Rayleigh, some clown with a touring car slammed into the side of me and bent my axle again...
Upon inspection, the drive shaft itself looks straight, when i took the diff off, then rebuilt it, then ran out without the stub axle on and appear straight, then applied stub axle and wheels then appears bent.. Am I going mad or is someone able to enlighten me?
Is there a true test to see if the axle is bent?
Could it be just the stub axle bent or unlikely its just the stub axle?
I also have a replacement rear axle that I ordered previously for my last bent rear axle, but couldn't get the rear hub off due to the lactate I had put on the grub screws so I didn't use it.. I then went to use this as a replacement for the one I have at present (See in the pictures) and the axle is too long?!!
Someone, PLEASE HELP!!
Best Wishes as ever...
Stuart
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