1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

[ddmckee54]

A little more progress has been made. I was able to find the broken stub that was shown in Post #68. I thought that I had pitched it, turns out I'd just misplaced it. I found it when I went to use the toaster oven to remove the gears from the next donor axle. I have enough bits and pieces that I now have the fixin's for 2 complete differentials, if I could get that M2 screw with the rounded out hex removed. While the toaster oven was hot I also took apart the axle shown in Post #73 that was 4mm too long. At some point over the last several years I had purchased the smallest Easy-Out I've ever seen. I was able to get enough purchase with it that I could back the screw out enough to grab on to it with a pair of pliers and remove it.

Today I modified the stub axles that I already had cut apart. The axle shaft from Post #73 was 74.27mm over-all in length, so I'm aiming for a 70.25mm length in my completed axles. I modified the first axle, Loctited it together, and left it clamped in the Vee-block while I modified the other axle.

One measures 70.14mm, and the other is 70.38mm. Not bad for a beginner, but I plan on doing better next time. And, the only thing that I had to scrap was that bent length of brass tubing shown in Post #68.