Wow is all i can say Brian. With all the tube frames i have seen over the years this is the first time of ever hearing that happen.

Posted April 23, 2011 - 08:07 PM
Wow is all i can say Brian. With all the tube frames i have seen over the years this is the first time of ever hearing that happen.
Posted April 23, 2011 - 11:00 PM
Edited by MH81, April 24, 2011 - 09:11 AM.
Posted April 24, 2011 - 07:14 AM
Sorry to hear she is sick, and very glad to hear you have a spare.
Is the break weldable?
How many times a week do you wash out your tranny? :laughing teeth:
Posted April 25, 2011 - 10:12 AM
I'm not sure if its weldable
Posted April 25, 2011 - 10:33 AM
Posted April 25, 2011 - 11:40 AM
Bruce , since all the axles you saw broke in the same spot is there anything someone could do to help prevent it by grinding sharpe edges or adding a radius in that area ? Al
Posted April 25, 2011 - 12:42 PM
It may be weldable, but I wouldn't trust it!! ....The shaft was hardened in certain areas, and without proper heat-treating of a welded & re-machined axle, it would be a lot of wasted effort.
All of the broken axles I have seen, were broken in the same area (near the center).
Broken axles were not common, so it can not really be considered a design fault. ......Not a common occurence, but some did break.