NAME THIS AXLE!!!!

[shortxjdoug]

any one think it could be out of a dodge power wagon since some rare models had a pto driven post hole digger ?????

power waggy came to mind when i saw it but i'm not entirely sure on what those axles look like

 

[RCP Phx]

It actually looks like and old "hay rake",not driven by power but creating the "PTO" for the rake.Look at the pulling arms of the axle.It also look s like it was transverse leaf.

 

[LilRedRover]

It actually looks like and old "hay rake",not driven by power but creating the "PTO" for the rake.Look at the pulling arms of the axle.It also look s like it was transverse leaf.

sounds pretty good... I'll go with that too

 

[hippymill]

x2. looks like a lot of the old farm equipment we had in the junk pile(75 years of family farm) at the end of the tree row. the hay rake is a pretty good guess. the pinion gear actually looks to be a worm type gear. it would be interesting to see the gearset in that axle. looks like there is an old tag on the differential. doesit have any info??

 

[ChiXJeff]

I wouldn't bet on a ground drive PTO. That looks like a worm gear on top, and those are generally one way only, i.e. you drive the worm, not the ring gear. It's not uncommon to lock up a worm drive by driving the ring gear. Not to mention that anything over a slow walk would make that worm gear sing. Obviously, if that's a simple spur gear hidden up there, that's a different story.

Having said that, it's a drive axle of some sort, but no idea beyond that.

 

[RCP Phx]

I wouldn't bet on a ground drive PTO. That looks like a worm gear on top, and those are generally one way only, i.e. you drive the worm, not the ring gear. It's not uncommon to lock up a worm drive by driving the ring gear. Not to mention that anything over a slow walk would make that worm gear sing. Obviously, if that's a simple spur gear hidden up there, that's a different story.

Having said that, it's a drive axle of some sort, but no idea beyond that.

You absolutely right,havent seen much vintage stuff in awhile!

 

[Ramsey]

Model T

i believe your right, buddy of mine has about 2 dozen of those in various stages of restoration. those axles look about the same.

 

[Littlewhitexj]

so, I thinks its a T axle. they had a 2 speed axle, and thats what im guessing the lever is.

 

[Wil Badger]

that is not a model A or T axle my step father owned 2 model As and 1 model T and they look nothing like that.they use a bolt on solid drive shaft and do not use a worm gear drive.

 

[HaleYes]

that is not a model A or T axle my step father owned 2 model As and 1 model T and they look nothing like that.they use a bolt on solid drive shaft and do not use a worm gear drive.

I agree.

Grandpa is gone but his Model T isn't. :angel:
I haven't looked at it for a while but I do remember the rearend is nowhere near that strong.(just looking at it) The one in the pic looks pretty beefy to me.

I'm going to try to get to Grandmas this weekend, I'll see if I can take a pic of it.

 

[casm]

Not sure what it's out of, but I'd swear it's a worm-drive axle and not a PTO, though I guess that the worm drive could conceivably be powered from a PTO. It's not entirely dissimilar to the axles used on the Peugeot 404, which is what's shifting me towards worm drive.

 

[GSequoia]

You know it could be a Double A or some later model (but still quite old) dually truck...

Brakes look like they may be manual; wheels really look like dual...

Illustration of single wheel axle from double A truck (the heavy version of A truck):

My old boss had an AA - I helped him move it (in pieces!); it's been about ten years though...

 

[CW]

I don't know. It looks pretty similar to a model T axle exept for the rear output. That just means its probably from the the early 1900's.

 

[FitchVA]

1922 ferd model T truck axle...

http://www.old-carburetors.com/1922 Ford Operators Manual/target26.html

 

[BrokenXJ]

Now that we know what it is, put it on EBay I am sure somebody wants it!

 

[goodburbon]

check out the snow "chains"

 

[family XJ]

x2 on Ebay. I got a feeling it is worth a lot of money to the right vintage collector. Probably not very easy to find one of those.

 

[tompatjr]

I have a real question. If that axle has a worm gear...how does it coast?

 

[Wil Badger]

its worth trying.but i would still do some research and try to fing some numbers on it to reference.wow i did a search for the group my step father used to belong to and they actually have a site.

Antique Automobile Association it would also seem they have a Forum as well .i would go there and ask the same question they will be able to help you without a doubt.if it is truely a Model T truck axle they will know.it must be out of a heavy duty model T truck i can't say i have ever seen that axle.all the ones i have seen looked like the one post above with the input shaft in the middle of the housing

 

[Dent Doctor]

Here is an ebay auction I found. It's called a RUCKSTELL REAR AXLE 2 speed. This one came off of a Model TT.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD...34208QQitemZ4634529092QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW