Re: SER1 Differential woes.....

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Ian,
They must have been Craddocks old stock, because I tried about a year ago
when they were still listed. The ones they still had stocked under the old
number were in fact the later Series 2 shafts, because I asked them to
measure them tip to tip.
I too would be interested to know if the lightweight shafts are the same as
the Series One fully floating versions.???
Regards
Martin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Iain McKenzie" <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: SER1 Differential woes.....


> At 00:16 10/11/2004, you wrote:
> >Hello Hennie,
> >
> >to add to Allan's account of axles & diffs, there was a brief run from
> >1956 to 58 when the S1 rear axle was available with fully floating half
> >shafts - this was standard equipment on the 107 Station Wagon and an
> >option on the 88" models and the 109 S1 pick up. These are therefore
> >narrow track halfshafts (shorter than the S2 fully floating halfshafts)
> >and very difficult to source.
>
> Craddocks do, or did have fully floating S1 halfshafts in stock a couple
of
> years ago. I bought a couple to rebuild my 86" back axle after breaking a
> halfshaft. These, and some hubs off  a dead Series 2 axle did the job a
> treat. Even managed to find a pair of 'knobbly' drive flanges so it
matches
> the front axle, rather than the round Series 2-3 ones.
> Wether these halfshafts were mega rare old stock Series 1 parts, or
readily
> available Lightweight parts, I don't know...
>
> cheers
> Iain
>
> 1954 86" recovery truck
> 1954 107" 'box van'
>
>
> >I read somewhere that the Lightweight 2A/3 models had narrow track axles
> >and their halfshafts were a direct replacement for the fully floating S1
> >axle. Can anyone confirm this?
> >
> >Chrz
> >
> >Jeremy
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
> Regards
>
> Iain McKenzie
> www.fairmilerestorations.co.uk
>
>
>
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