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#458146 smokescreens (User) lifes better riding twins Platinum Boarder Posts: 5508 would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   so the lonney axles are for 3/4" bearings and he charges $115 for each axle now the front is its own thing, but is there any reason someone couldn't just buy a stupid grade 8 bolt from a hardware store for like $15 or less and use that for a rear axle???   Logged     feel free to look thru my albums http://s1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/jasonwoody/ email me at jasonwoody1982@yahoo.com my 2005 midnight 1700   The administrator has disabled public write access. #458147 ironman (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2382 Re:would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   I would advise against it. An axle is machined part. (straight & true) A bolt is a forging. not so straight & true. Bearing seating could be another problem   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #458170 nightstar57 (User) ride it like ya paid for it .. Platinum Boarder Posts: 2937 Re:would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   especially as the rear axle goes thru 4 bearings and they all have to be in-line..   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #458177 jeckes (User) Hardened Target Platinum Boarder Posts: 1298 Re:would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   +1 BUT...I see no reason that you couldn't use a grade 5 or 8 shoulder bolt if you can find one the right length to the shoulder and diameter. They are machined and more percise, some are even ground. But as large of one as you would need they definitely wouldn't be the cost of your average bolt either. You might talk to the Fastenal people and give them your specs on shoulder length and diameter and thread size. Interesting idea now that I think of it   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #458187 texasscott1 (User) Two of a kind Platinum Boarder Posts: 1824 Re:would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   The stock rear axle, and the front axle too, is hollow. I forget how but somehow that makes them stronger. Maybe someone here remembers and can explain. The rear axle also has a shoulder that prevents the washer, and nut, from tightening past a certain point.   Logged     My 99 Standard Test Mule Scott B.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #458200 smokescreens (User) lifes better riding twins Platinum Boarder Posts: 5508 Re:would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   Ok thanks guys i figured it wouldn't be that easy but i had to ask   Logged     feel free to look thru my albums http://s1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/jasonwoody/ email me at jasonwoody1982@yahoo.com my 2005 midnight 1700   The administrator has disabled public write access. #458226 takehikes (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2279 Re:would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   Plenty of guys have tried this and sometimes it worked but think about it. You really want to do something that is a "maybe" on one of the two wheels you have? Not me. However I will ride a motorcycle with a drum rear brake, rigid frame and no front brake so I'm not sure I'd listen to me.   Logged     http://aeechoppers.blogspot.com/   The administrator has disabled public write access. #458244 smokescreens (User) lifes better riding twins Platinum Boarder Posts: 5508 Re:would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   takehikes wrote: Plenty of guys have tried this and sometimes it worked but think about it. You really want to do something that is a "maybe" on one of the two wheels you have? Not me. However I will ride a motorcycle with a drum rear brake, rigid frame and no front brake so I'm not sure I'd listen to me. yea. i just figured a solid grade 8 bolt would be alot stronger than the stock hollow bolt. and then a ton cheaper than the looney axle as well.   Logged     feel free to look thru my albums http://s1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/jasonwoody/ email me at jasonwoody1982@yahoo.com my 2005 midnight 1700   The administrator has disabled public write access. #458246 Vette468 (User) HOT ROD GUY HERE Expert Boarder Posts: 519 Re:would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   Id ride it with a grade 8 .. but that stock axle is a bad mofo I remember once in - haste and a long wrench 'breaker pipe' almost pickin the back of the bike up tightinin that bolt .. I think it was 2 tires ago .. hurt my back for 48 hours   Logged     Hot Rod guy ,, Im into building Hot Rodz and Cool Scoots and Cruizn both http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq247/vette468guy/?start=all   The administrator has disabled public write access. #458260 EddieDe (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 229 Re:would it really be this easy? if so im a dummy.... 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago   texasscott1 wrote: The stock rear axle, and the front axle too, is hollow. I forget how but somehow that makes them stronger. Maybe someone here remembers and can explain. The rear axle also has a shoulder that prevents the washer, and nut, from tightening past a certain point. Long time since my engineering classes but as I recall the reason it is stronger is the stress doesn't pass directly from on side to the other thru the diameter (shortest distance being a straight line) it goes on the outside so it would be 1/2 Pi approx 1.57 times the diameter. In effect it is the same as a 60% thicker bar and it is straight force trying to travel on a rounded surface which also means the force is at a tangent to the bar for most of the time. It also travels on both sides of the circle to the other side cutting the force in half. Thats one reason arched doorways are so strong.   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/02/09 11:53 By EddieDe.   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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