by Retro Racer 44 » Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:42 am
I had indie front axles on my Sportsman Studebaker last year. Mine had half shafts held in the middle with regular wheel collars. Enough of the axle tube was cut out in the middle to clear the collars, and the whole thing worked quite well. Unfortunately the car was heavy and geared too high, so any advantage I might have seen was cancelled out.
My Ford GT in the F/F Proxy has a solid front axle, but there is a sliver of brass tubing soldered onto the end of the axle to collar the wheel. That wheel has no set screw so it free wheels, and the other wheel turns with the axle. Unfortunately again too heavy and wrong gearing to produce good results.
Cheers,
Keith