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frank55a · 10-20-2019, 11:55 AM

I had the right axle break on our 29 Tudor coming back from the 86 MARC/MAFCA meet in Wisconsin. We had driven about 3500 miles on that trip and were about 5 miles from home when I went around a sharp corner onto a bridge. It had rained a short time before and the road was dry except for a small puddle about 4 feet in diameter. I was only doing about 10MPH. When the rear right wheel hit the wet spot it spun up and then when it wheel hit the dry pavement it was like trying to bring the wheel to an abrupt stop while the axle was still spinning. It twisted the axle and broke it. Needless to say over the years I have collected a few spare axles just incase. Anyone need an axle contact me.

10-20-2019, 11:55 AM	#17
frank55a Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 934	Re: Why did my axle break? I had the right axle break on our 29 Tudor coming back from the 86 MARC/MAFCA meet in Wisconsin. We had driven about 3500 miles on that trip and were about 5 miles from home when I went around a sharp corner onto a bridge. It had rained a short time before and the road was dry except for a small puddle about 4 feet in diameter. I was only doing about 10MPH. When the rear right wheel hit the wet spot it spun up and then when it wheel hit the dry pavement it was like trying to bring the wheel to an abrupt stop while the axle was still spinning. It twisted the axle and broke it. Needless to say over the years I have collected a few spare axles just incase. Anyone need an axle contact me.