hahahahahah
if it WAS a ford part it would still be working
:cheers:

That's no excuse. I'm sure you have a laptop so you can check while making coffee. Were you trying to figure out how to make a facebook account when everyone started commenting? :unibrow:

Besides, if you had facebook, you could announce to the world that you were making coffee, and tell everyone not to bug you, so as not to keep you from having a hot cup of coffee since you had to respond to posts...

You know it is socially acceptable for adults with grown children to have a facebook these days. Myspace on the other hand... if you joined that you would just be a creeper.

Matt

:lol: :lol: :lol: ^^^^

:rofl: :rofl:

TWEEEEEEEEEEEEET


Now hear this! I just got home one hour ago from RTTC. Laundry is going and I've showered.

Thanks for sharing!


Sorry to hear about the 32 messing up yet again. Hopefully this will be the last time.

HAHAHAHAHA


That's the Weld version of Twittering - or Tweeting - or Being a pimply faced teen on Facey book...

Yeah --- Jeff assures me that they've discovered the fix for this "issue" of these little pieces breaking. Obviously a weak link! The dumb little hot rod can't weigh more than about 1800 or 2000 pounds -- so spinning the tires shouldn't be putting much pressure on "anything"!

I've owned many Corvettes and never ever broke a rear end! And this isn't the rear end - it's just the stub axle or whatever it's called. Not the half shafts. I'd had those made extra beefy already!


:cheers:

How am I supposed to know when you're doing your laundry if you post it up here? I can't be one of your followers unless you're on Twitter :lol:

Matt

Not impressed, those stub shafts wouldn't live in a Toyota Tercel and I mean that. I'd look really close at the rest of the parts and make sure it's not the only mis engineered part.

Oh - rest assured "we" have had a little heart to heart conversation about this being the second time this has happened -- and that's AFTER they swore up and down that it "had never happened before"....

I'll reserve judgement until I have the new pieces in hand. We're not going to chrome 'em until after I TRY to break 'em.

The Kugel boys are pretty sharp guys... so I have to give them the benefit of the doubt. So far - TWO STRIKES. :unibrow:

So many thoughts of things to say.... but un-postable here.

@twit-tit-er


XOXO

Sharp as a BUTTER knife.:D

LOL, not sure but I think you might be twotting. Just sayin.

So far I'm UNIMPRESSED as well. I find it very hard to believe you are the only one this has happened to. A bad part is a bad part. You can not be the only one to buy these, unless the rest are bolted to trailer only show queens! If not I find it even harder to believe they just happened to find the fix for you. Time will tell. I hope they get you fixed up!

Just thinking out loud here, do you think this is what Christine would have looked like without fenders? :_paranoid

People who buy the full chromed rear end mostly are the guys who show them.

Two things ----


#1 -- the AVERAGE '32 Ford owner is about 300 millennia age wise.... and probably hasn't nailed it in a very long time


#2 -- @ 15K for one of these rear ends.... as Bobby B said above... they're bolted to trailer queens.


I am not the only guy having this issue --- which is why Kugel is working to find a fix for it. They've just received from the machine shop the "first" version... to go in a customer car... mine will be #2 -- and Jeff told me that I should then TRY to break it. :thumbsup: :yes:

Jeff Kugel called today -- and shipped today -- all new hubs (carrier bearing hubs) and 40 spline "axles".... all custom made and of much better materials. We're not going to chrome them -- we're going to TRY to break them first... should they hold up... then we can chrome 'em and the bake 'em to take the brittleness the chroming process adds.

I'll have the roadster at the LA Roadsters Fathers Day show @ Pomona in June.. and then plan a "beach side road trip" north from there... So they better last this time!

You can't beat Kugel Komponents Kustomer service! Jeff has been all over this and has called ME frequently with status updates etc. That's as good as it gets in my book.

Roy Brizio is another one that gets 5 stars... I talked to him more in one day than Steve Frisbee during the entire build. :rolleyes:

I hope they work out for you this time Greg, lord knows you deserve a brake.

Glad they are getting it worked out. They will be getting a call from another customer if they haven't already. I was at the Hot Rod and Restoration show a couple weeks ago with some friends. One of the guys that came along is building a Brookville 32 with an all aluminum 427 small block. Guess what rear? I told him of your issues and he turned white as a ghost. I told him not to worry that the issue was being worked on and that he may want to inquire to see if he may have an issue as well. So, we will see. It is not going to be a trailer queen and if I get my way, I am going to test that pretty chrome IRS myself! :thumbsup:

Thanks Wayne!

They're getting it handled...I'm not worried about finding a solution. Kugel is a good manufacturer and they're all over the problem. I really don't mind having "issues" -- I'm a big boy... It's "hot rodding". What I want is for the people behind a product (or doing the work) to wear big boy britches and just do what it takes to make stuff good. And Kugel has done that 110%. They've never once said -- well -- it's a show piece and you shouldn't be jumping on it.... That's NEVER been questioned - to the contrary... they've assured me that I SHOULD be able to get after it and never have a problem. That's good people in my book!

Missed you at Good Guys Del Mar Greg. I would've liked to walk around w you and chat w a few vendors...:D

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...-05-14_505.jpg

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I've always believed that ya keep a Kugel and you toss a Frisbee.

I knew a girl that had a stout rear end but she did Kegals not Kugels :D

thats funny

Good news. Good luck Greg.

Kugel Komponents Kustomer

seriously? I hope that's a typo and they didn't really call it that, lol.


Glad they are standing behind their product and doing what it takes to make it perform for you Greg.

Well..... It is actually Kugel Komponents.... I added the
Kustomer. :D



Actually I don't care what they call it. It's top notch service!

You need it when you use a wet noodle for axles stubs.

Got the new assemblies today -- and the Roadster is back on the road. Will post pics after I upload 'em.

Video of 4k rpm clutch dump or ban. We need to know this one works.

:D

:yes:

I say he lifts :yes:

Busted axle
 

So here's the carrier that holds this little POS "stub axle" --- which in turn holds the wheel on the car!


http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_2137.jpg


Pretty simple job -- take the tire/wheel off -- undo the half shaft u-joint - and unbolt the bearing assembly.



http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_2141.jpg



The NEW bearing assembly with stub axle.



http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_2138.jpg




Big difference in old (right side) and new (the other right side - HAHAHAHAHA)



http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_2143.jpg




The OLD - WEAK - Twisted and sheared versions.... Note how clean this POS is sheared off!



http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_2148.jpg



http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_2146.jpg



When you shear it like this -- there is NOTHING holding the wheel to the car except the pressure of the tire holding it in place. Hit a big enough bump and you "could" separate the two pieces and end up doing some major "oh craps".


http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_2145.jpg

This rear end is based on technology that uses the shafts as load-bearing members. If one member breaks..... (gulp).

Newer CV-based rears have upper and lower control arms.

Thanks for sharing the photos!



--Eric

How in the world did that happen on such a light car? I can't believe you were that unlucky. They've been selling these types of setups for a long time, and as far as I know, there isn't anything about your car in particular that would put that much additional stress on these vs. any other roadster?

Let's hope for better luck with the new ones!

That's the million dollar question isn't it......


I've owned MANY mid year Corvettes and beat on 'em like I did my children... and never broke anything. Ever. Including big block cars. Go figure.


BTW - Kids will be on work release soon enough....

nice upgrade

tweaks and a few mods :rofl: I saw this car in person, absolutely beautiful. Tweaks and a few mods :rofl: :lateral: