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I Have A 1973 Attex Colt 252,took Axel Out To Replace Barring ,now The Axel Is Unrepairable It Is Bent And Where The Barring Rides On Has Major Ridges And Deep Grind Marks,when I Got It There Wasnt A Barring Left ,the Person I Bought It From Must Have Been Riding It With The Axle Floping Around In It,now It Is A Solid Axle 1 Inch And 18 1/2 Inches Long,now Can I Use Hollow Pipe Or Do I Have To Use Solid Like The Old One,your Help Would Be Great Thanks.
McMaster Carr ( on the web) sells chrome-moly 1" steel rod to use as axles. Much more durable than cold-rolled steel. You can buy it in 6ft lengths.
Use your sprocket tubes or wheel flange tubes as a drilling template to get the holes straight through. I clamp the tube in the drill press vice so that the drill bit goes straight through it and then insert the axle into the tube and drill it. Buy 6 foot and make your axles 18", that way you can build 4 at one time. If you are not using the original balloon tires, you will not have any problems with the tire 1/2" closer to the tub.
One more thing about the holes, do not just drill them to 3/8. You should drill them smaller and then ream them to the diameter of the bolts shoulder. A 3/8 drill bit will allow too much slop. Search this site for "body bound bolt" for a discussion Whipper started on drilling the right size holes.
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