Front Axles for 10 bolt Front Hubs-1.5 ton Australian Chevrolet Trucks 1940-1945

[Tony Smith]

From the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Chevrolet and Maple Leaf Catalogue:

18" x 8" wheel: 5802210
Front hub: 5802242
Front I Beam Axle 1940: 1796042
Front I Beam Axle 1941: 5803481

[Tony Smith]

18" Wheel:

[Bob Carriere]

Thanks for the info Tony.

All models under one cover....... I have to thumb through different manuals to achieve the same info....

Nice to see the "naked" 18 in. wheel........ with five holes.... were they running five bolts on the rear axle???? ....all the unmounted wheels I have seen are drilled for 10 holes.

Now that I have cornered a C15 from a Canadian MLU member my quest is greatly simplified.

Cheers

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Thanks for the info Tony.

All models under one cover....... I have to thumb through different manuals to achieve the same info....

Nice to see the "naked" 18 in. wheel........ with five holes.... were they running five bolts on the rear axle???? ....all the unmounted wheels I have seen are drilled for 10 holes.

Now that I have cornered a C15 from a Canadian MLU member my quest is greatly simplified.

Cheers

This rim HAD 10 lug holes, but has been re-modified for a Maple Leaf by welding up 5 of the holes. The wheels for the 10 lug Chevrolet or the 5 lug Maple leaf trucks used the same basic blanks.

Also of note is that the 18" wheels are 8"wide, with the inner and outer halves being the same width. Again, the same blank is used for both halves, unlike the Canadian/UK 16" wheels which have a thick inner and thin outer half for a 6" width.

See: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bem...LsgA6hq2h/view

[Bob Carriere]

....can you imagine drilling bolt holes at the same station for 8 + hours......

Interesting google information..... and noticed that they were forge-stamped having been heated.......

does anybody know whether the same pre heating was used by GM and /or Kelsey Hayes in Canada ...... Oshawa workers where shown handling the parts...blanks and stamped parts in bare hands...... or was the picture staged??

Is it possible that the higher production capacity of GM Canada also punched out the center and bolt holes in the same operation.......???

Bob C

[Mike K]

I see they used 'Camel Back' drills ... still see them around , I've got one .

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Thought I had found your axle.... but is is an 8-bolt hub only.

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...834#post284834

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