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Old 04-14-2021, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ironman View Post
Instead of machining the case, what about the axles and tubes.
Whenever a custom shop wants to add wider tires to the rear of a car/truck,
in order for the tires to fit under the fenders they narrow the rear end by cutting
the needed amount out of each side of the rear end housing between the carrier
and the outer axle bearings. And the same amount is cut from the axles.

The ends of the Cub axle tubes could be machined off and moved in,
and the axles shortened. Beyond my abilities, but certainly doable.
I'm guessing that shortening a car axle is easier--it's steel, not cast iron. Welding the cub axle, being case iron, is problematic.
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