galled left rear axle spindle. repair? replace? buy used or aftermarket?

[ford38v8]

Huey, I don't know about you. First you take me off your xmas list for not speaking your shorthand, then you use a weird drum puller against advice otherwise, but you come up a peg by saying you have (or had?) a '53 MG, but you didn't work on that gem either, so back down a peg again. Now you won't drive a Ford Flathead faster than an MG. Tell me it was a TD not a TF and you might get one point back again, but I still won't talk your gibberish.

[hueyhoolihan]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

Huey, I don't know about you. First you take me off your xmas list for not speaking your shorthand, then you use a weird drum puller against advice otherwise, but you come up a peg by saying you have (or had?) a '53 MG, but you didn't work on that gem either, so back down a peg again. Now you won't drive a Ford Flathead faster than an MG. Tell me it was a TD not a TF and you might get one point back again, but I still won't talk your gibberish.

ha!

i bought my first car in 1970. it was a 1961 MGA. i soon rebuilt the engine and transmission and eventually removed all the paint and interior and restored, as best a broke young man in his early 20's could, the car. i then sold it to finance my education.

now in my 70's i recently bought a well restored 1953 MGTD and put a lot of work into it so as to drive it from here in California to Ohio to visit my surviving family. it involved, among other things, new carbs, and a new rack and pinion steering assembly, which i installed myself. the differential's ring and pinion gears, originally a, get this, 5.125/1 ratio!, needed replacing so as to reach 55mph without ruining the engine with excessive RPMs. fifty-five was my personal minimum speed to NOT be a nuisance to others on the road. at that speed and with revs at about 3500 i could and did travel about 300 miles per day for eleven days to cover the distance.

currently i've got the dash in pieces and spending a few days lying upside down on the floorboards to install a new dimmer switch, a new ignition/light switch and a new ammeter. ...it's not a trivial task.

i did and still do not feel i'm competent nor do i have he tools or work space to do differential work. that's where i drawn my line. nor do i do paint or upholstery, or glass work either. i can still do some mechanical work and i do do it if time and money and ambition permits.

and BTW, that cheap 30lb two pronged puller did remove both rear brake drums without damage. getting it positioned properly on both was neither a trivial nor a pleasant task.

i've also made the trip in my 1967 jaguar mk2 and my current ambition is to get the Ford into shape to make the trip too.

so ya, it's a TD!