Anyone Running a Spool ?
Le Mans Master
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Length is too long and diameter of the bearing lands are too big.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1547409741-post13.html
Also you have to instal grub screws into the spool to hold the axles in place because there is no place
to put the stock C clip axle retainers in
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Le Mans Master
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......... The half shafts will keep the axles in ...... if one of them cuts loose there are bigger worries than axles anyways .............. it looks as though I'll need to call George at the machine shop and see about getting one cut down ....... Thanks for the reply Mr. Rodj ... Corvette encyclopedian .....
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Le Mans Master
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..... My vette has a trailing arm suspension ... four link style ... no control arms ... the half shafts are fixed to provide a pivoting point for the toe and camber adjustments ... both of which help to keep the half shafts in their place ..... I suppose that under some extreme side load conditions a stub shaft could pull out of the diff housing if it wasn't held in by a snap ring but how far could it go ? ..........
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I guess that I'm confused. Is your 'vettes rear suspension any different than what everyone else has? Mine has four trailing arms, no conventional upper control arms (the half shaft IS the upper arm) and I'm pretty sure that if the stub shaft wasn't anchored in MY car, it would fall out, and the wheel would "tip over" until the trailing arms bound up. What am I missing here?
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Le Mans Master
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I guess that I'm confused. Is your 'vettes rear suspension any different than what everyone else has? Mine has four trailing arms, no conventional upper control arms (the half shaft IS the upper arm) and I'm pretty sure that if the stub shaft wasn't anchored in MY car, it would fall out, and the wheel would "tip over" until the trailing arms bound up. What am I missing here?
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Le Mans Master
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........... If there was ever any concern about side loads on the stub axles they would have been retained by something more substantial than a snap ring ........ compare it to a c-clip .........
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Melting Slicks
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I ran a spool and i had a hard time keeping the stub axles from moving in and out with the set screws that came with the spool , i had to upgrade them to a 3/8 bolt and notch the stub axles ...
Not using set screws will cause the stub axels to chew on the side of the dana housing , lose oil and beat up on the seal and also dirt getting into the housing . Driving around with street tires will be fine but once you put a slick on the car , the car will be un stable in top speed and really hard to control .. almost hit the wall few times because of it .
Not using set screws will cause the stub axels to chew on the side of the dana housing , lose oil and beat up on the seal and also dirt getting into the housing . Driving around with street tires will be fine but once you put a slick on the car , the car will be un stable in top speed and really hard to control .. almost hit the wall few times because of it .
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Le Mans Master
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From: Clearwater Florida
I ran a spool and i had a hard time keeping the stub axles from moving in and out with the set screws that came with the spool , i had to upgrade them to a 3/8 bolt and notch the stub axles ...
Not using set screws will cause the stub axels to chew on the side of the dana housing , lose oil and beat up on the seal and also dirt getting into the housing . Driving around with street tires will be fine but once you put a slick on the car , the car will be un stable in top speed and really hard to control .. almost hit the wall few times because of it .
Not using set screws will cause the stub axels to chew on the side of the dana housing , lose oil and beat up on the seal and also dirt getting into the housing . Driving around with street tires will be fine but once you put a slick on the car , the car will be un stable in top speed and really hard to control .. almost hit the wall few times because of it .
