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Axle script

Post by Thorlick » Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:17 am


If someone had asked me about a T axle this is what I would envision:
Key
Key
This week when I actually looked a bit closer at my axle I spotted the following:
Script
Script
I didn't know that was there. At least I know it is a genuine Ford part!


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Re: Axle script

Post by Dan McEachern » Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:35 am

Looks like there may be a crack starting in the lower left end of the keyway.
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Re: Axle script

Post by Mopar_man » Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:52 am

I love finding the easter eggs.
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Re: Axle script

Post by TeveS-Nor Cal » Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:38 am

Dan- Only a small one! Still got many years of service left!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Axle script

Post by jab35 » Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:57 am

Yesterday I dismantled the rear end of my '26 coupe in preparation for rebuilding, the car was last licensed in 1943. I found one axle had the Ford script and appeared visually to be in decent shape. The other axle had no ford script and was badly worn at the outer bearing. Both axles are being replaced so this 'egg' is of no lasting significance.

I also found some creative safety wire application on the ring gear bolts, and the Babbitt thrust washers were solidly 'fused' to the steel washers. It's interesting (to me anyway) to find these things, and visualize the people who drove this car and made these repairs. When I purchased the coupe in the late 1960's, the seller told me that as a young man he had worked in the spring making department at Highland Park.
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Re: Axle script

Post by Original Smith » Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:21 pm

I can beat that! I have several NOS axle keys with the Ford script! Of course I have axles too!
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