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deuce_roadster · 10-03-2021, 08:53 AM

My bet is an axle broken and you got lucky in that the hub/wheel couldn't move outward due to the brake shoes. When you idled the engine in gear was the Ebrake on? It would take a lot of abuse to strip the splines out of the coupling but it is over 80 years old. I have never heard of a main drive gear shearing off so does the speedo still work like suggested above? If the clutch disk came apart I would think it would be noisy but maybe not. Interested to see what this is.

10-03-2021, 08:53 AM	#18
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,800	Re: Which Shaft is Broken My bet is an axle broken and you got lucky in that the hub/wheel couldn't move outward due to the brake shoes. When you idled the engine in gear was the Ebrake on? It would take a lot of abuse to strip the splines out of the coupling but it is over 80 years old. I have never heard of a main drive gear shearing off so does the speedo still work like suggested above? If the clutch disk came apart I would think it would be noisy but maybe not. Interested to see what this is.