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Originally Posted by BroncoDave
That's why I said "tap it off with a rubber mallet". The keyed axle would be a downgrade from what came on your buggy. Why would you do that? Keep the one you have and clean it up and put new bearings and seals on it. Most any auto parts store or industrial supply store should be able to get what you need if they don't already have them in stock. Bearings and seals are maybe $20-$30. No need to spend $95 and have to wait for it to be shipped. You couldn't have beaten that axle up that bad. The axle in my buggy is the same style as yours and I bent mine two inches and was able to bend it back to perfect without heat or special tools. Just a railroad tie a couple pieces of chain and a bottle jack.
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I'm not exactly sure where the bend is, just that it wobbles now and the hangers flex when I spin it.
I guess that it's good to know that what I have is already better than building up something else. I think I read a post, maybe by ckay, that he solved a lot of problem by building up a keyed axle.
That is encouraging about bending it back. My last hurdle is that I stripped one of the axle castle bolts. Ran all around town Saturday and today (Sunday), but no luck. Mine are 20mm with 1.5 thread. I thought I had the ticket from a Honda dealer, they had a 20MM axle nut. I bought 2 at !!$10!! each... just to find out that the thread spacing is different.
All the nut and bolt shops are closed until Monday. I'll try then.
Meanwhile, I think that I found (and fixed) the cause of my problems. Hard cornering fun had flexed the bearing hangers outward. One of the bearings was no longer riding up against the step in the axle.
I welded up a tool to bend the hangers back into position. Too bad I broke 2 things trying to fix one.
