18-03-2020, 12:29 AM
Oh dear.
I understood the long tapers were more or less immune to this scourge of the earlier.
Could start a rogues gallery of axle ends. I have seen many with huge portions broken out, dunno if this is most common failure or just that cars remain mobile so are acquired in this state and so observed. With fluid, cracks can often be detected but if normal to follow the key and not progress across the axle hopefully not serious.
On another make with a taper it is common to slide the slack straight key in after assembly so avoiding risk of riding on the key. So at least some cars do not involve the key for drive.
I understood the long tapers were more or less immune to this scourge of the earlier.
Could start a rogues gallery of axle ends. I have seen many with huge portions broken out, dunno if this is most common failure or just that cars remain mobile so are acquired in this state and so observed. With fluid, cracks can often be detected but if normal to follow the key and not progress across the axle hopefully not serious.
On another make with a taper it is common to slide the slack straight key in after assembly so avoiding risk of riding on the key. So at least some cars do not involve the key for drive.