I Broke Another... racing story

[scirocco25 at gmail.com (Eric Person)]

Is there anywhere near you that will cryo treat small parts?  I think it 
would be worth a try if the price was reasonable.

edit, just found a place in Ohio, prices seem somewhat reasonable: 
http://www.cryoplus.com/index.html

Eric

LEF wrote:
> Have you heard about this "fix"?  Tightening the axle nuts to over 300ft-lbs supposedly helps
> reduce the chance of failure.  I read this from a few racers...
> 
> All the axle nuts do is force the two wheel bearing inner races together.  The hubs themselves are not affected in any way...unless, of course, the bearings fail.  :)
> 
>  so you're right, either replace every
> year or so or possibly heat treat.
> 
> Metals have to be of a suitable alloy to benefit from any kind of heat-treating that would help us here. You are talking about hardening and/or tempering which require steel alloys that are "heat-treatable".  If the items in question are made of a non-heat-treatable alloy, then running them through a heat treatment would be a waste of time and money because the metal would not respond.
> 
> larry
> sandiego16v
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