Axle Services in the North East

[Synergy]

Anyone know anywhere in the North East that can do a full rebuild on an english axle?

[Vista]

I would recommend Fostek but I don't think Tom does English axles only Atlas. Worth a call though as his website does say any axle.

 

http://fostek.co.uk/

[Synergy]

Cheers Vista, I've already been on the receiving end of Tom's Atlas hard sell I get the impression he doesn’t have the time to look at an English axle.

[Retromotorsport]

In Toms defence .... how many times do you see ' wanted english shaft/cwp... just broken mine.' and how many times do you see ' wanted atlas shafts cwp'

Tom dosnt want to get the hassle with English axles, theres been posts on here saying,'my diffs whining' .. 'had my axle built by Joe Bloggs and its shit itself'

 

Its all well and good someone saying ... 'i had an english on my pinto car and its fine' ...but has he got your tyres, the difference between Firestone Ditchfinders and Yokos is a big bang from the back.

Yers ago I used to be in the breakers hunting for English diffs and shafts .. because at least once a month i had a breakage, and that lasted till i fitted an atlas.. could i tell the difference in handling, no, i'm not Senna.. the stopwatch showed the difference though, a lap was average, instead of being 20 minutes long... takes the recovery truck 19minutes to pull you off the track after you've blown a shaft or crownwheel on the start of a 15minute race.

 

With an English, its not ' will it cope with ***BHp ' its 'how long before it goes bang'

 

Now if you have 300ft/lb (BHP cant break anything), skinny tyres, it will last a long time, as the power will overcome grip, and you cant break something thats not gripping, newtons laws ... but if it grips with that torque .. bang.

and it gets worse with final drives having a big numbers..

100 ft/lb x 3:1 1st gear = 300 ft/lb .. final drive of 4:1 300ft/lb x4= 1200ft/lb

 

Oh and i'd rather have weak shafts than strong... a shaft breaks mid corner you can catch the slide.. the CWP spits its teeth..instant lock up, just like you've pulled the handbrake up!!! so i dont like Atlas side gears on the weak English CWP

 

And yes, Tom supplies my customers with Atlas's, but from him, not me, i dont sell them.

[Synergy]

I appreciate the feedback Retro but no need to defend Tom he wasn’t under attack (hence the ) I was making reference to his enthusiasm for Atlas and lack of time (in the literal sense) for English.

 

I'm going to be running a 140BHP X-flow, I was thinking nearly 3K on an Atlas might be a little over kill, if in your opinion I must fit an Atlas or I risk death and destruction then my Mk1 project is finished because that’s an expense I can’t afford.

 

Just to clarify, my English axle isn't broken I just want it stripping, cleaning, any worn parts replacing and new seals fitting as it's stood for 15 years and it's bled all over my garage floor.

[Retromotorsport]

If your running skinny tyres with standard suspension, then yeah, it could last, as its not a serious competition part, any transmission place should be capable of doing a freshen up.

[Synergy]

Thank you Gary