Datsun Roadster Rear Axle Shaft from Rallye Enterprises, Ltd.

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381-64U

DATSUN 1600 2000 REAR AXLE SHAFT,USED
USED AXLE SHAFTS

come stripped; reuse your old backing plate, wheel cylinder, brake adjuster, shim(s), wheel studs and bearing spacer. You will need to install a new bearing, collar, outer seal. These parts; inner seals and other rear axle components are listed on the NEW DIFFERENTIAL/REAR AXLE page. Typically we knock the old studs out as there is no way to guess at their condition. Have they been run with the lugs loose and are ready to snap? If somehow we send an axle with studs it is only by accident and/or by your request and the studs have ZERO warranty or guarantee of ANYTHING. They may be mistreaded; ready to break immediately or dissolve into dust. You are buying the axle; nothing more.

The only reason I bring up the next subject is a fellow mentioned it today. The subject is bent axles; which his original one suffers from. I have only seen this from two cars and both of these had extremely violent collision damage. This roadster frames and suspensions date back to 50s trucks and are very well built. I myself "tested" a roadster against a Mustang traveling sideways at about 50mph in my lane as I was also doing about 45-50 on December 4th 1974.

Other than the two examples previously mentioned I have not come across a bent axle situation so have never had them tested. The cost to check for such an infrequent event would most likely be cost prohibitive unless I set up some kind of a jig to do it myself and learned how to use it. I suppose that could still be considered a monetary loss and my intent is to keep these out of the scrapyard by being able to sell them at a decent price. We do have them stripped as shown below as shipping them with the backing plate would jack shipping costs way up and you never know if the axle will show it cannot hold a bearing properly; a far more common problem which gives them a fast ride to the scrap steel trailer.

So what I'm saying by all of this is although I think it unlikely; there is always some slim chance we may ship you a "bent" axle. Nobody knows what the specs are with these for a "good" axle so that is a problem in itself. We'll exchange it; but the shipping would be the negative aspect. Before I would start absorbing shipping costs I'd probably just chuck all of these at this stage of the game. I may talk to the shop again when we do a batch again and see what the actual charge would be to spin all of them even though I know it is probably a wasted effort.

DATSUN ROADSTER 1600 2000 REAR AXLE

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