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Originally posted by Tony Smith
Less obvious, at the swivel housing the CMP swivels are bolted on to the axle tube, and the M-H is tapered and welded, very similar to a Studebaker US6 Timken (are they the same?):
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A comparison of the Studebaker Timken axle, top, and the CMP front axle, bottom. As David has pointed out previously, the Timken axle was initially trialled in CMPs, but was found to be too weak for the cab-over design. Here you can see the difference in thickness at the swivel housing ends and that the Timken diff housing has less reinforcing webs in the casting.
17-09-06, 12:27
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