Axel upgrade

[hydromike]

You haven't tried them yet???

I'm using ONE of them!

I didn't have a clue that they were that expensive. No clue. When GeoJem bent an axle at Ashtabula, I put one of the replacements in and beat on it the rest of the day (until I melted it down). They're not sitting around getting all rusty; they've been nicely preserved for future use. I'll make sure to put slide the other axle in before race time and I'll make sure to test them both out.

Sorry.
And thank you again.

[vanmeterj1]

I'm thinking that this is one of those pay me now or pay me later situations. I recently took a little survey on axels for my Attex project and came up with the 4140 as being the most commonly used axel out there. If you race it, work it like a broke mule, drive it like a rental, or just plain abuse it then you might want to consider just getting some of the top of the list splined supersized steel or maybe even one of those sweet suspension (springer) kits. Those look like the universal ride/axel/performance solutions.(you know, I actually day dream about having a Bad A$$ Max IV with a springer kit on it)

Practicality wins, so on the other hand I can say that I took the advise on the 4140 that I got from McMaster Carr and came out like a pro. Now Mind you, i'm not even close to being a machinist and I could handle the material in my man cave garage with my trusty rusty chop saw and my 120$ skill drill press. all axels and spares for 200$ is a good bet.

As far as your axels breaking at the bolt locations mid shaft I remember there was a comment made on here that the tolerances needed to be close so there was no sloshing around and one person insisted that the half moon bolt collars had to fit well or it would be a mess.