Springfield Flyer.

[tauruck]

Pete, the new axles will only be about 265mm long.
The originals are 750mm.
My gear cutter says the axles will be sent for heat treatment after the splines are done.
He knows his stuff but your input and advice is valuable always.
Thanks so much.

[Peter Jack]

The heat treat will solve the issue. Keep at it Mike. 

Pete

[tauruck]

Thanks Pete.

I've been at this Carbon Fibre thing for 27 odd years and although I
work via word of mouth with no website or business cards I think I
hit the mother lode.
I will definitely remember this Thanksgiving and have a reason of my own
to be thankful.
So much work here that I need at least five laminators.

[tauruck]

I'm preparing to do an all nighter and I get a message from a guy called Christopher Altman
who is an astronaut in training.
I have a sponsor who is building launch vehicles for satellites and it got me thinking.
As a kid the Apollo program had me building all the models and learning about apogee and perigee.
I'm never going to go to the moon so I chose the next best thing.

I'm building a liner!!!!!!!

[kiwi belly tank]

Thanks Sid, We were going to turn the Ford shafts down to get them through the spout
because I thought the carrier was hardened but if it isn't it would leave me feeling way better.

What do you suggest?. Thanks man.

I just checked. There's not much material on the carrier to bore it out.

Just do a 28 spline axle, thats the biggest thing that will fit in the bearing spout on the carrier. You don't want to bore that out & make it weaker.
What carrier are you using, some are not strong enough, show me a pic.
I built a diff for a guy a while back with a 10 bolt housing, turned down a Quickchange 31 spline aluminim spool to take a 2.14 gear, used a bigger carrier bearing in a stock size race to fit the housing, welded on 3/4 ton Dodge full floater axle ends & splined the Dodge truck axles to 31.
  Sid.

[tauruck]

Knowing my luck the carrier will be the wrong one.

I'll shoot a pic shortly and post it.

Thanks Sid.

[tauruck]

Sid, I guess I know what you'll say!.

[kiwi belly tank]

Sid, I guess I know what you'll say!.

That is the one with the thicker ring gear flange, not the junk one. The next weak link here is the cross pin, check for cracks in this area & don't use the old pin or the locator bolt as they are prone to breaking.
  Sid.

[tauruck]

Thank you Sid.

That's good news.

[kustombrad]

Why not put a spool in it?

[Glen]

Brad,that's what I was going to ask.

[John Burk]

I don't know about 2 series 10 bolt but 2 series 12 bolts spools need to be custom made .

[Captthundarr]

Most of the mail order suppliers sell series 2 and 3 mini spools but not full spools.

[tauruck]

We're going to do a local version.

I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the tips and advice.

[tauruck]

A company called Honingcraft is machining up a custom set of axle tubes
that will accept the big Ford bearings and allow for a press fit over the GM
stubs. Huge job for them though, the tubes are 6'' long.

My 18" outer rims have arrived so I'll be taking a drive tomorrow to collect them
and the three remaining 15s.
The welding of the centers will have to wait until the New Year because everyone is shutting
down for the holidays.
Things are looking up.