strongest rear axle shafts

[ferp420]

I snaped my rear axle shaft at the cross pin again just woundring what the strongest shafts out there are dose anyone make larger 5mm or 8mm shafts like they do for the front im running the venquish shafts right now and have been great up to today i cant aford the titanium shafts and im not sure if they would be any stronger if i knew for sure they were stronger i would save up or if something else outhere in that pricerange was alot better than the vanquish

[Pabust]

I would go with Vanquish Cr-Mo axles:

AR60 Rear Axle Shafts - Vanquish Products

I've used custom titanium ones once and my Wraith fell off a rock and the axle bent, never happened that before with any axle

[WHITE-TRASH]

Ti isn't great material for axles in the diameter that will fit currently available housings. I've bent and subsequently broken Ti in that application. I'd have to say the VP axles would be the best currently.

[Erik D_lux]

1808

[CREEPERBOB]

CBRB Fab Titanium for most any rear shaft "thumbsup".
And I can cut any diameter and threads you would like

[ferp420]

Those dlux shafts look beefie what mods are needed for those to fit the ar60 axles

[ferp420]

Ok i went alittle crazy broke out the grinder and drill and made my self a axle shaft

[ferp420]

I had some 6mm stainless rod laying around not the strongest stuff but hay i chucked the rod up in my drill and turned down the ends one to 5mm and the.other.to 4 used a file and filed some flats in to it

[ferp420]

I had some aluminum hubs laying around also and drilled a hole through the middle and drilled the center out so it hadnto be tapped on then i locktighted it and installed the set screw

[mikemcE]

If you want a strong painless and pinless combo, get a SSD wide diamond, and the HD axles that come with TI hexes are quite strong, slide in a set of Creeper Bobs and that is an incredible combo.


Hang up and Drive

[ferp420]

On the rig i made the diff cover too

[CREEPERBOB]

It's amazing what can be accomplished if you have the want to .
Good work for a drill and files .
It's awesome when it's "your own" work.

Originally Posted by ferp420

I had some aluminum hubs laying around also and drilled a hole through the middle and drilled the center out so it hadnto be tapped on then i locktighted it and installed the set screw

[Motorider]

Very nice. It's also sweet when the cost is scrap material laying around.

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[ferp420]

Thanks guys i just couldent stand the thought of not having the spawn running i dought this one will last im sure its gone need some reworking and or a full redo the real test is gona be falling off the rocks im sure it will be bent by tonight lol

Quick note it took about 4 hours to make one side that includes r&d time and test fitting and what not so if i was paying me to make these i could buy 2 sets of creeperbobs ti axles + or a complete dlux axle lol for less lol

[CREEPERBOB]

Yea, folks don't realize labor.
It takes me approximately 2 hours per set to cut my Ti axles with 3 different setups on the machine to complete them.
I usually try to cut in sets of 10, or 20 hours labor on my manual machine and I've been cutting them for 7 years now .

[ferp420]

So i spun the hub so i had to cross drill the shaft and used a axial drive shaft pin its not running true anymore ether so now it matches the rest of my wheels lol we will see how long this soft steel lasts with half of the shaft drilled out

[ferp420]

Originally Posted by CREEPERBOB

Yea, folks don't realize labor.
It takes me approximately 2 hours per set to cut my Ti axles with 3 different setups on the machine to complete them.
I usually try to cut in sets of 10, or 20 hours labor on my manual machine and I've been cutting them for 7 years now .

Labor is a kicker and tools are exspensive

[ferp420]

Well i iust snapped my home made shaft at the axle pin it took a 10.ft.drop right on that wheel and bent the snot out of it i bent it back but it dident last long after that i ordered a die to cut some threads and im gona try it again im thinking of ordering bigger bearings and steping up to 6mm shafts to give them more meat for the cross pin and maybe try to harden the shaft i defenitly want the hex back so i can swap my wheels around hopefully come january or febuary i can order some of those sweet titanium shafts as these are so heavy and i need to shave some weight off the rear end

[Hydrocarbon92]

Stainless usually isn't stronger than good steel, mcmaster has a few good options. Titanium is about half the weight of steel, but given the same dimensions high-end steel will be a few % stronger. Titanium is also a b**** to machine, as it work-hardens as you're cutting it - far more than any high-end SS will. It also can be bent back into place w/o the harm that would do to steel.

Also if you notch the spot where the grub screw will hold, like a motor shaft, there's a far lower chance it will spin.

[ferp420]

Im hoping i can find a better design that will work with out any mods to the wheels or axles and then have creeperbob cut some out of titanium thats what im hoping for anyway