Sports Front Axle??

[MatthewMyerscough]

Hi Everyone 

I have just made start today on dismantling the front axle on my Nippy for a full refurb.

I have been trying to work out if my bowed axle beam is original, or a standard one that has been bowed at a later date. I have yet to find any definitive sports markings but I'm intrigued by the 'SC' mark after the standard 1A4060 number. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on that.

I also seem to remember there is a defining feature on sports axles, relating to the radius arm eyes chamfer/no chamfer but I can't recall which way round it is. There seems to be a small chamfer on my axle.

Thanks

Matthew

[Alan]

Not sure it’s a hard and fast rule but if you are using sports radius arms you don’t need the chamfer on the back of the axle, so it’s not there.

[Ivor Hawkins]

Am I correct in thinking that sports axles converted from straight axles are narrower?

[Steve Jones]

All depends on how it was done and who did it. If simply bent then yes, if bent and stretched then maybe.

Steve

[MatthewMyerscough]

Thanks for your replies and info, I'll do some more investigation at the weekend and I'll take some more pictures for reference.

Thanks

Matthew