carrier wheels question

[ajmac]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

On that note, (a side note): Some people talk about Loyd axles and U.C. axles however the Canadian wksp manual states that the double threaded axles superseded the earlier one thread / flanged axle.

I often wondered about those, I have both types on the Loyd. When you think about it the double threaded type make a lot of sense as you can drift them out from either end and they can be manufactured from bar stock rather than special forgings which would be good in the production environment.

As for bronze bushed carrier wheels, I rebuilt eight for the Loyd and six of the ones I found to rebuild had bushes installed. I did keep one for posterity on the garage shelf. Again, there must have been a bottle neck in bearing supply so it was a case of short term bushes and maintaining carrier production or halting the production lines....which wouldn't really have been an option!