Ford banjo axle broke today - Install drum retainers!

[Iceberg]

Today my driver's side axle broke while driving my flatty powered 1935 Ford pickup down the hill to the grocery store. Luckily it was at a spot were I could safely get her off the road. The rear end was just rebuilt w/ new bearings and seals along w/ a new ring & pinion (3:78). We inspected the axles and the both had excellent keyways and looked great. New keys were installed during the reassemble along with new break drum retainers. Thank God I had finally got around to installing the break drum retainers that had been sitting on my workbench for the last two years! This should be a fair warning for all you banjo owning procrastinators. If I had not installed these bad boys, I would have been in a world of shit when my rear wire wheel & tire passed me on the left. Christ, I can only imagine what my steel rear fender, bed & running board would have looked like after that beating! Does anyone know of a good source for an axle?

[Tman]

Nice warning! Most of us think things like this wont happen to us.Yeah Right

[Deuce Roadster]

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I have used this guy a lot.
He had some.......for sale.....a friend got one from him $50.....just email him.
He does this for a living....
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[visor]

Just as a suggestion, you might want to
consider going to 37-40 axles.
They are a little bit larger in dia. and
You will need to change out the
carrior bearings to match the later axle.
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[Stovebolt]

Oh shit I gave my "spare" 36 axle to a friend!!! I owed him a favour for some storage.

I suppose frieght would have been a killer.

Don't you have to watch the number of teeth on the spider gears. They changed the number of teeth somewhere along the line!!!

[atch]

one source of the retainers ice mentioned is vern tardell...

[av8]

Iceberg -- I'll ask Tardel if he has an axle for your '35 and let you know the particulars this evening.

[av8]

Iceberg -- As promised . . . Tardel has axles, $75 for a perfect one. If you are interested, he needs to know if it's a 16- or 18-tooth type, and your shipping address.