Billet axles anyone?

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Hey guys,
Decided to lift the butt-end of our favorite sports car and found wheel play on both sides!! Uh-oh... Looks like I may have to delay the engine upgrade for the moment since I have to fix this now!!

I'm running stock axles so I might as well replace the whole deal to include bearings.. I'm not looking to do a roller bearing conversion etc.. Instead, I'd like to simply replace the bearings and upgrade the axles.

So, with that. How bullet proof are the billet axle versions? Buy these and be done with it?

Or, do I really NEED to spend the extra bucks and go with forged axles? Overkill???

BTW, I own a v-e-r-y black and v-e-r-y low GT-5 conversion with 17 inch Hall Campys.

Thanks!
Josh

9/17/052:16 PM

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George PAdmin.

Josh,

I don't have billet axles installed on mine "yet". Someday I shall. The defect in the Pantera rear wheel bearings is that the oem axles were a slip fit, rather than an interference fit, the bearings selected required an interference fit to operate properly. Supposedly the aftermarket axles remedy that problem, and resolve the wheel bearing failure issue without having to resort to modification of the uprights, etc. This is as per Mr. DeRyke.

Billet parts are stronger than forged parts. The billet axles I've seen appear to be beefy, choice quality stuff. I realize the axles increase the price of a rear upright rebuild by about $750 for the pair, but I would recommend the added expense just to resolve the bearing issue, and if you plan to take your car on the track, or even abuse it on the street, they are good insurance against a rear axle failure that could result in a lot of body damage to your Pantera, or leave you stranded somewhere.

your friend on the PIBB, George

9/18/0510:42 AM

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