Steve's axle question

[Manky Monkey]

  It's quite comforting to know we're all equally bloomin' useless here!

[ByzMax]

I never considered the need to flip an axle till a mate built an XS11 trike and upon firing it up for the first time let the clutch out and reversed into the back of the garage!

Oh how I laughed   but he & I had never considered the fact that the prop might go in  different direction. It was ok though as it was not welded to the frame and did not take too long to reverse! Phew 

[andbolt0]

BikerGran said- "I may have posted this before, but after a gearbox rebuild, I once owned the only Morris Minor in the world that would engage 1st gear and reverse at the same time!   And 2nd gear and reverse, and 3rd........  well you get the picture".            

                             -how was this possible?

[peanut]

Thank goodness you can flip a reliant diff inside the casing and you don't have to flip the whole axle. I have heard that some types of drum brake (The sliding cylinder type) don't work well 'backwards' which is a good reason to flip them, too

[BikerGran]

BikerGran said- "I may have posted this before, but after a gearbox rebuild, I once owned the only Morris Minor in the world that would engage 1st gear and reverse at the same time!   And 2nd gear and reverse, and 3rd........  well you get the picture".            

                             -how was this possible?

Just one cog put in the wrong way round!

[Manky Monkey]

Another missive from Steve. Mate, you need to focus the camera before you press the button! 

Hi there everyone. Thanks for the feedback on my last post. Another one for you all to see, especially anyone who may make a future mistake as I did through impatience. Picture one, shows where I sheared the heads off the bolts.

[Manky Monkey]

Picture two shows a solution -place a nut over the sheared thread and tack weld it onto it. Obviously it needs good fusion, so whack the amps up, heat up the plate but not too much, then it should undo without too much difficulty. While the plate is hot, you could also spray on some penetrating fluid. AC-90, WD40 etc.

[Manky Monkey]

Picture 3 job sorted.
 
Merry Christmas to all.Steve