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But JD did the same on his SBF engine. Yes he had some teething issues but ended up OK in the end.
Very diplomatic, Chuck, thank you...
What Chuck means is that I screwed up the first time. A) By not putting enough chamfer on the ends of the shaft itself and B) The original iteration was not sleeved as Chuck did.
When I went for round 2, the ends of the axle at the weld got tapered down to almost a point. Then we fitted a drilled-out sleeve over it as Chuck suggested. Weld up the joint, grind it smooth, slide the sleeve over it and plug weld the holes then weld the ends.
A couple of years of hard launches (on 14" wide slicks, even) later, no worries!
We might have broken a few (dozen) other things since then, but that axle is solid!
JDK
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