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By Glen Henderson - 15 Years Ago
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I have to buy some rear axles for the Falcon. It is a stock width 57 car rearend with stock drum brakes. The diff has a 31 spline full spool. Have any of you replaced yours with aftermarket axles and if so which manifacture did you go with and are you satisfied with the product and service. I have looked at Moser, Mark Williams and Currie's sites. Any other mfg's that you know of and would recommend?
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 15 Years Ago
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Glen: Stock width, stock drums 31 spline Moser axles is what I have. No problems. John
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By Glen Henderson - 15 Years Ago
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John, did you have to special order them or are these the same as the 65/66 Mustang axles that they offer?
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 15 Years Ago
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Glen: I ordered the axles, and two days later they were on my doorstep by UPS, though I only live about 30 miles from their shop. I was there once, and asked if they keep axles in stock, since delivery was so quick. I wondered if they had them already machined but too long with long splines and simply cut them to length when ordered. He told me they make them up when ordered. He said he keeps heat treated forgings in stock, and has developed a process to machine the heat treated forgings, eliminating warpage when heat treating a finished axle. I don't know if they are the same as their Mustang axles, but with delivery like that, it doesn't matter.
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By Speedbump - 15 Years Ago
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X2 on Mosier. Had good price and quick service on my last project. Have also used MW on race stuff. Beautiful product but a little pricier. Not smart enough to know all about alloy characteristics but the two look different and advertise different alloys claiming good things about each. As a side, I ran 35 spline MW's in a 9 inch SG car. I broke the carrier caps on a launch and the pinion drove the ring back in the housing until the housing brace stopped it(I guess) Then the pinion screwed forward until the front U joint broke and made me love the NHRA drive shaft loop rule. Believe it or not, those MW axles survived that without hurting a spline or bending or ANYTHING. Ran them until I sold the car years later with 0 problems. They are absolutely as strong or more as they claim.
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By Glen Henderson - 15 Years Ago
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Thanks John and Speedbump, I'll give Moser a call next week. Hopefully they will have the dimensions on file for a stock 57 rearend, if not juess I'll have too pull the axles and get all the measurements that they require.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 15 Years Ago
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Glen: I'm sure they have the measurements. When I ordered my left axle, I measured the original and gave them the length. They called back and asked if the housing was modified, because the length I gave them was 1/4" off from the original spec. I ordered from their spec, and it fit perfectly. They also have the special bearing needed to put the large axle in the small housing. You will need to know which housing you have. The small housing uses 3/8" bolts to hold the back plate, the large housing uses 1/2" bolts.
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By pegleg - 15 Years Ago
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Ditto what John said, we went there together when I got mine. I went to the 31's in my Ranger after I twisted off a 28 . Had new axles in about three days. They're still in the truck five-six years later doing fine. Incidently, I was on a run against the Hurricane when I broke the left axle, so it was only fair that John bought lunch! I also went to Moser when I got the '57 rear end narrowed and had a set made for it. I've run 5000 rpm "drop the clutch" starts on slicks with those axles and still no sign of twist. Greg Moser was a local "Hero" in Eastern Indiana until he and his wife were killed in a air accident several years ago. The son runs it now, and if anything it's better.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 15 Years Ago
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The plane that Greg was killed in was his racing plane, it had a big block scrub engine in it.
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