In a message dated 3/9/03 12:08:32 PM, cgj94@sympatico.ca writes:
> My opinion of axles has always been they are cheap and easy to replace,how
> strong do you have to make an axle before it is no longer the weak link in
> the drivetrain? and what is the next item to go bang?
> it may have been by accident but in my opinion Rover got it right.>
>
Oh my god! I don't believe anyone really still believes this! Series
rear axles break because they are made from average material, are poorly
designed and have a marginal heat treatment. Answer this, if they were
designed to "protect" the rest of the drivetrain or some specific part of it,
exactly and specificly what part do you think they are protecting?
As long as we are on the subject of Salisbury axles, which have much
stronger axles shafts than a Rover style shaft. Lets assume the premise is
correct that Rover axle shafts are protecting "something". Based on this one
would assume that this "something" would break more often on a Rover equipped
with a Salisbury rear axle since it isn't being "protected" anymore. Can you
tell me what breaks more often under these circumstances?
Again, lets assume Land Rover engineers, designed a Rover rear axle
shaft as a fuse. When they started offering Salisbury axles, you would assume
that they would upgrade something else in the drivetrain to compensate for
it. Whats different in the drivetrain of Sal equipped rig. The answer is
nothing, so I think it fair to conclude that this quaint and endearing myth
about Rover rear axles to be just that - a myth.
Bill
GBR
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