June 9, 201016 yr comment_443444 and most old toyota live axles are through hardened which is much stronger and can be resplined as such where as other car manufacturers may only have used case hardening which is a lot weaker and cannot be resplined unless possibly heat treated, thats why certain types of diffs have a large range of aftermarket billet axles to suit, this is my understanding so far from what i have seen... Edited June 9, 201016 yr by styler Report
June 9, 201016 yr comment_443469 If that's true styler, then it could be more about the actual material used to make the axles than the hardening itself. Low/Mild carbon steels can only be Case hardened Medium and higher carbon steels can only be through hardened. If they are case hardened they are probably mild steel and without looking for more data, the fatigue limit of this material will be lower. Report
June 9, 201016 yr Author comment_443609 Yeah I'll get you a pic in the next couple of days Tom, in Hobart at the moment. The other 2x I've broken snapped were the spline has twisted on that one. This one twisted there, then continue to twist further down the axle in a spiral break, wait till you see it! :) I can you imagine the trouble I had trying to get the centre out of the housing with that much axle sticking back up the axle tube!! :) Tuppawear is banned from my shed...... unless its containing tastey moresels or nut/bolts. :bash: The boxes are just handy for storing stuff. Report
June 9, 201016 yr comment_443623 I'm sure I saw an snapped axle remover tool at the last Tupperware party I went to. Oh hang on, was it a Tupperware or a F.......... Report
June 10, 201016 yr comment_443744 Size means nothing, its the grade of the metal. I was talking to my mechanic mate yesterday about axles. He said they could buy these gauranteed never to break race use only ultra light axles for customers saloon car diffs from some place in Melbourne. The funny thing was they were way skinnier than the stock axles. Just better stuff. The Kouki axle in my diff expands once or twice in diameter as it approaches the bearing. Its a fair lump of a thing, bout the same size as borg warner. Probably not made of sandstone, however. Either that or they seem to last longer in diffs with lsd available as said above. Report
June 22, 201016 yr Author comment_446527 Have been forgetting to upload these for 2 weeks....... Sorry the pics aren't of the greatest quality. Could possibly get them better on a camera, these were off my phone. Report
June 22, 201016 yr comment_446569 Surely that's been cracked a long time from the rust down in the broken face. It certainly makes an LSD look good in comparison to locking. Mantlepiece time! You can show it to your grandkids for "what I was doing when I was your age.." Report
June 23, 201016 yr Author comment_446731 Yeah I would have busted that one..... :jamie: might have even been back in the CT12 days actually!!! so at least 3-4 years ago. I've got a few bit and pieces like that for stories between my rollas and the mazda. Busted and bent axles, busted gearbox bit, busted wheels etc. I should get you a pick of my mazda diff "bommy-nocker" pinion. Death with a spline! :jamie: Report
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