mking
06-23-2006, 11:01 AM
Replace the rear axle with drill rod. Drill rod is not hardened like a drill blank, so its much cheaper. you can get 36 inches of drill rod for about $1-5 plus shipping. i have found that i need to drill out the bores of the stock hubs to make sure they do not split when you mount them on a thicker axle (in fact, i found about 20% of stock JLTO hubs were already splitting on the STOCK axle, i wonder if AW hubs are better).
http://www.wthutch.com/catalog/
on page 8, note 1/16 x 36" blanks (Annealed M2 Blanks) are $5.74. thats enough for 19 or more axles.
on page 10, note the air hardening drill rod, 1/16 x 36", is only $1.32! whiles its not particulalrly hard, its plenty strong enough for a Tjet axle.
on page 11, wire size 52 x 36" rod is $1.29 wire size 52 is about 0.063, a tad bigger than 1/16. you may want to experiment with wire sizes 51 and 53, but i found wire size 51 a bit too big.
Since shipping is going be $6-8 anyway, buy several of the cheaper 36 inch rods.
my track is down (a month now, yikes) so i havent been in the garage much lately.
Mike
http://www.wthutch.com/catalog/
on page 8, note 1/16 x 36" blanks (Annealed M2 Blanks) are $5.74. thats enough for 19 or more axles.
on page 10, note the air hardening drill rod, 1/16 x 36", is only $1.32! whiles its not particulalrly hard, its plenty strong enough for a Tjet axle.
on page 11, wire size 52 x 36" rod is $1.29 wire size 52 is about 0.063, a tad bigger than 1/16. you may want to experiment with wire sizes 51 and 53, but i found wire size 51 a bit too big.
Since shipping is going be $6-8 anyway, buy several of the cheaper 36 inch rods.
my track is down (a month now, yikes) so i havent been in the garage much lately.
Mike