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    Are those drag axles you have, or the street/strip kind? Maybe its time to step up to 35 spline axles. Although, there are many racers that are running high 8's in the quarter with 31 spline axles.
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    Curiously, Strange Engineering uses 1550 steel for their axles.

    Mark Williams uses 4340 and 300M. 300M is a modified 4340.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bitchin'57 View Post
    Are those drag axles you have, or the street/strip kind? Maybe its time to step up to 35 spline axles. Although, there are many racers that are running high 8's in the quarter with 31 spline axles.
    Well I'll have to straighten this out. The guy who narrowed the rear and bought the axles told me they were from Yukon and they get their axles from Moser. I found that to be untrue.

    Yukon says they make their own axles, but they are a part of Randy's Worldwide, which includes Randy's Ring and Pinion. So according to the customer service supervisor, Randy's Ring and Pinion and Yukon are "the same". All I know is that two people that know axles looked at them and said I got bad axles, that even stock factory axles would have been stronger. The guy that built my rear says that the packing or something Yukon uses to ship the axles says "1541 Chromoly", which of course is like saying "A and Z are the same". I am going to request to see the packing that the next "1541 Chromoly" axles come in. Yukon did say that they make both 1541 and chromoly axles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick_L View Post
    Curiously, Strange Engineering uses 1550 steel for their axles.

    Mark Williams uses 4340 and 300M. 300M is a modified 4340.
    And they make 30 spline out of 4340 also, which I didn't see anywhere else. Would be nice to be able to use the carrier, gears, and posi I already have. Wish I had called them today. I'll have to see if they make a c-clip eliminator for a large end 12 bolt passenger rear. (1966 Impala)

    Or are those axles way overkill? They do make less expensive ones but I didn't see what they are made from.
    Tony

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    My thought is that your axles are defective because they weren't heat treated properly, not the material itself. I base this on the fact that Strange uses the 1550 alloy, which should be similar to the 1541. But 4340 axles will be stronger (and more expensive). Can't say this is 100% the deal though.

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    I have known several guys who stepped up to 33 spline axles with street strip 12 bolts. I was under the impression that this was the limit for stock carriers bigger required more than a side gear change.

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    I raced my 67 SS 350 which ran in the 12s from the late 70s to early 90s with stock axles and never had an issue. When I first built my 75 Camaro drag only car It had a 70 Camaro 12 bolt with stock axles. ran that until I started getting 1.50 sixty foot tines and high 10s. At that time I switched to a Dana 60, not a 9 inch because of problem with Ford parts when I ran one in the 67. I still have both the aforementioned 12 bolts with 4.10 and 4.56 gears. My 67 has a 3.07 geared 12 bolt that is going to get 3.31 or 3.55s now that the power tour is out of my system/

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    I recommend going with Strange axles. I've used them on several cars, and never had an issue. And, there will be no guessing game as to who makes them, and the quality of them.
    Dave, from the old neighborhood in Jersey!

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    Just curious, someone was talking about Richmond Gears. Are they as bad as he said?
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    They have a reputation for being noisy, but strength does not seem to be a problem.

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