COMET CENTRAL

Very Cool Fred.
Roger

Roger!!?
Have I missed all your posts lately or have you been hiding?
'Course, if you've only been posting in the V8 section,,may have missed your posts
Fred

Thanks for the kind words

HAHA yes I have been real busy lately. Not much computer time. Back to working on the comet on saturday. Needed to stop by and get a comet fix.
Roger

haven't done much on Sassy lately but did fix the axle problem, with a new one!
Like I stated elsewhere, I think the bearing dried out and heated the inner race enough to sieze the bearing to the housing and break the press on the axle. It then spun on the axle removing enough material from the press area to ruin the axle. I did a backyard fix on it that lasted about 500 miles (a weekend to my brothers place in Alberta). SO,, new axle,,, OF COURSE I COULDN"T JUST GET A LONG SPLINE AND CUT IT TO LENGTH!!! for 3 reasons, it was too short at 22.75 inches,, 31 spline, small bearing so I ordered it from these guys,, nice piece but with the way the Canadian dollar is right now,, I have almost $500 in that one axle and it's just a street axle, nothing fancy,, BOO WHO IS ME ,,, LOL
Fred

Wow that's an expensive axle! But it'll be fixed and will last a while!!

Fred;I hope you have better luck with MOSER than I did!!!GOOD LUCK!! ROY.

rjones35 wrote:Wow that's an expensive axle! But it'll be fixed and will last a while!!

It's only 300 US but our dollar is down about 40% from yours so add 200 CA!

CALIFORNIA CALIENTE wrote:Fred;I hope you have better luck with MOSER than I did!!!GOOD LUCK!! ROY.

Well, I'm running a LITTLE less HP and SMALLER tires :roll:than you , should be ok,, lol
Freddie stays pretty focused,, you should see him on a curvy road, standing in the middle of the back seat leaning into the corners,, too funny!
fred

Fred;I was running high 11s, a 289,4-speed Toploader and 10" ET STREETS,turns out the MOSER axle had machining flaws in it,when it broke,it let the tire,wheel and brake loose,destroying the quarter,the bumper and most of the aluminum in the trunk!!31Spline Axles,Small Bearing,now,MW COMPLETE,35 Spline axles,Big bearings,MW Spool and center section!!! GOOD LUCK , ROY.

I put a pair of those,I guess you'd call em just HO-HUM moser axles,in my 4.0 v6 ranger pu with a 8.8 3:55 gear,several yrs ago,so far they are still doing great,,good luck with yours....POP

POP;mine were MOSER 31 spline,small bearing [early style],turned out to be caused by piss poor machine work,breaking and letting the wheel,tire and brake loose,caused A LOT of damage!! ROY.

I have Moser 31 splines in my car. Haven't had any problems as of this time. I'm going to be pulling the wheels and get new slicks this winter, so maybe I should yank the axles and look for any possible issues before something bad happens.

Thanks for the input Roy, I consider myself warned!

Fred I reread your postings of the adventures with Sassy.
I just love that picture of your little dog riding shotgun.
I have a little Shepard that goes everywhere with me.
Good stuff you got here.

Matt

Ya Freddie has become a integral part of our lives.
We adopted him when he was 2.5, be 8 next month so mellowing
Not that he was ever a prob.

Is he sleeping, or can't bear to watch?
Jim