Re: Broken Axle

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/9/29 11:15:32

I don't think Packard ever had a significant problem with axles, at least no more and probably a lot less than other makes, except for 1956 which of course were not of their own manufacture. But metallurgy back then was not what it is today, my Dad's late 20s Chevrolet broke an axle about once a month for a half-year before he sold it and swore to never again buy a piece of "Billy Durant's crap", a promise he stuck to for the rest of his life.

And let's not ignore metal fatigue from a half-century or more of use.