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Steve Plucker · 04-17-2020, 05:11 AM

When did the A-3281 Spindle Connection Rod Tube Assembly "Tie Rod" change from a hollow "welded" tube (welded the length of the tube except for the threaded ends) to the solid type?

Yes I know...check with the archives...well they are not open till about May 1, 2020. Maybe they were all solid rods...I do not know...Never cut one up.

Thanks.

Pluck

SteveB31 · 04-17-2020, 11:21 PM

I have never seen an original solid one......

chrs1961815 · 04-18-2020, 06:43 AM

I thought they were all hollow like the radius rods.

katy · 04-18-2020, 10:31 AM

Parts book says: A-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube 1928-31 $1.25
For the AA it says: AA-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube 1928-31 $2.25
Maybe the AA one is solid? It cost more.

Steve Plucker · 04-18-2020, 10:43 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by katy

Parts book says: A-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube 1928-31 $1.25
For the AA it says: AA-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube 1928-31 $2.25
Maybe the AA one is solid? It cost more.

I have never cut one open so maybe I misspoke saying they were "solid".

I guess what my original concern was is that the earlier "tubes" had a "weld" the length of the tube itself except for the threaded ends where the later tubes do not WHICH led me to think the later ones were solid but I guess they are not??? Don't have a junker one to cut open.

Pluck

04-17-2020, 05:11 AM	#1
Steve Plucker BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Walla Walla, Washington USA Posts: 6,066	The A-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube assembly When did the A-3281 Spindle Connection Rod Tube Assembly "Tie Rod" change from a hollow "welded" tube (welded the length of the tube except for the threaded ends) to the solid type? Yes I know...check with the archives...well they are not open till about May 1, 2020. Maybe they were all solid rods...I do not know...Never cut one up. Thanks. Pluck Last edited by Steve Plucker; 04-18-2020 at 08:19 AM.

04-17-2020, 11:21 PM	#2
SteveB31 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Englewood, Colorado Posts: 1,372	Re: The A-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube assembly I have never seen an original solid one......

04-18-2020, 06:43 AM	#3
chrs1961815 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Spring Grove, Illinois Posts: 1,371	Re: The A-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube assembly I thought they were all hollow like the radius rods. __________________ "The more things change, the more they stay the same."

04-18-2020, 10:31 AM	#4
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,044	Re: The A-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube assembly Parts book says: A-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube 1928-31 $1.25 For the AA it says: AA-3281 Spindle connecting rod tube 1928-31 $2.25 Maybe the AA one is solid? It cost more. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!