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Bruce Lancaster · 01-25-2011, 01:01 PM

Well...most '36 will have the radius rods/spring perches bolted on to 2-bolt tabs welded to axle housings. Very late '36--39 will have the radius rods bolted on via lower brake plate bolts, spring perches forged as parts of axle ends. If it is a mongrel with post-1940 parts, more complications arise.
If it has the controls and rotates, I think it is a very good gamble. Controls are expensive and scarcer than the axles themselves...unless the axle turns out to be just a casing full of iron filings, it could be a VERY good buy.
Would the guy go with contingency pricing...split the housing at junkyard, see if anything in there is visibly broken with price adjustment to match??

01-25-2011, 01:01 PM	#7
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	Re: columbia 2 speed Well...most '36 will have the radius rods/spring perches bolted on to 2-bolt tabs welded to axle housings. Very late '36--39 will have the radius rods bolted on via lower brake plate bolts, spring perches forged as parts of axle ends. If it is a mongrel with post-1940 parts, more complications arise. If it has the controls and rotates, I think it is a very good gamble. Controls are expensive and scarcer than the axles themselves...unless the axle turns out to be just a casing full of iron filings, it could be a VERY good buy. Would the guy go with contingency pricing...split the housing at junkyard, see if anything in there is visibly broken with price adjustment to match??