Super Heavy Duty Axles

[tberk at sbcglobal.net (T Berk)]

Dan Bubb wrote:
  > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Super Heavy Duty Axles
> 
>> Pretty cool, but for a thousand bucks?  OMG.  The local guy that
>>rebuilds them does it for for like fifty and has them back to you in
>>an hour, rebuilt, repacked and painted looking new. I have had several
>>in there and so has Al. Would be a hard sell for most Rocc owners I
>>would think.
>>
>>Dave
 >
> > I don't think he's suggesting these for the everyday street driven 
Scirocco.
 > And they're hardly comparable to the common rebuilt axle!
 > Maybe some of the street driven turbo Sciroccos with over 300 Hp 
might need them.
 > Probably the only guys that would really need them would be guys 
running drag slicks that can
 > actually get enough traction to worry about breaking an axle through 
shear torque.
 > Dan


Yeah, you're not buying by price here- this stuff is because you find 
yourself bending half shafts or breaking CV joints. Breaking CV Joints.

They even re engineer some things to beef up the power handling factor.

Still, if one needed such a part, it's what you need. Good to know 
someone makes one.


TBerk