[AJD] stressed axles

[John Boehm]

The longer axles were also larger in diameter to
handle the extra stress, so the engineers did take the
extra length into consideration.

John Boehm
Woodland, CA
Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com



--- Louis Spiegelberg <louis at kellnet.com> wrote:

> I would think if the engineers were worried about
> it; they would not have
> made the axles that long.  
> 
> Just my thought.
> 
> Lou
> 
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> kreig
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 2:40 PM
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> Subject: [AJD] stressed axles
> 
> 
> I removed, cleaned up, painted, restored, all parts
> for the wheels on the
> 530.   When I reassembled the wheels I installed the
> wheel hubs and rims in
> the widest possible setting.  Sure makes access
> around the tractor much
> easier but sure makes for a wide tractor.    I
> wonder about the stresses
> involved on the axles.  The ride sure is a lot
> softer and there is more
> bounce when wheeling down the road.  Seems to me
> that wheels set in the
> widest position would greatly increase the stresses
> on axles and an increase
> in possible axle breakage.  I certainly would not
> want to be pulling really
> high loads, seems like the axle would want to "wind
> up"  so to speak.
> 
> Any experiences out there?
> 
> Kreig
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