MoPar Wavy Tube Axles... Who's got 'em? Let me see 'em!!

Hey there, I'm thinkin' about runnin' a MoPar wavy tube axle on my project... Just wanted to see who's running 'em..

Also what years and makes did they use them on? And how hard are they to come by?

Thanks,
Bobby

 

I think they were on a lot more than just the '36-'37 Dodges...I had 2 of em at one point, and they had different brake mounts on them (they still swapped over, they just had different mounting tabs on the spindles)...one thing I would recomment is to weld the perches on better, since the tack welds that held them on both of mine were weak...

 

Had one on the '37 Plymouth coupe.

 

I have three hanging around for spares. all 36's i think. One under the coupe

 

I put one on a 65 Falcon G***er fit perfect!

 

I have one from what the guy told me was off of an 34' and he knew his stuff on old mopar I will try to get a pic of it but I have ran across a few over the years

 

I pulled the one out of my 36 and put in a mustang2. Now I wish I hadn't. Got it throwed back for another project.

 

They really look cool, those Wavy Mopar axles! ANYBODY FIGURED OUT A GOOD WAY TO GET EFFECTIVE BRAKES ON THEM?

 

Wavy tube axle? I'm in the process of mounting an axle of unknown origin on my Henry J and I have no idea what its from,(it was on a pallet of parts that came with the car) but its definitely 'wavy' and has a mopar bolt pattern, although it has had disc brakes adapted to it. Is this a mopar axle? If I could identify it it would solve a lot of the puzzle when buying parts. I'm getting weird looks at the parts store when I say "I need one of these." "Whats it off of?" "I don't know." Here's a pic of my axle.

 

Reem out the king pin holes for ford pins and you've got quite a few options.. I've been told it's pretty simple, never done it though..

I think they had juice brakes though...

 

My axel looks like the one 440Dave has. I bought a pair of 1949 thru 1952 Ford spindles. Ford kingpins are slightly larger. I tried to hand ream the Dodge axel which did not work. You need to borrow or purchase a adjustable reamer and find someone with a vertical mill. Chuck the Dodge kingpin in the chuck, clamp the axel in the mill vice. Adjust the axel in the vice until you can move the kingpin freely up and down with the quill of the mill. When you have the axle placed correctly tighten the vice and recheck that the kingpin still moves freely thru the boss. Take the kingpin out and put the adjustable reamer in mill chuck, with the adjuster set to its smallest diameter. Slowly ream to Ford kingpin size. Brakes can be stock Ford drums or any of the disc brake conversions.

 

Hey there, that's pretty good tech and an easy to follow explanation. Thanks, man!

 

plydo 304-475-3245 filthy frank.

 

I'm sure you guys have seen it before, but here's that model A trailer I bought with the front stub and wavy axle.

 

I've never seen one before, really cool looking. Will have to keep my eyes open when we go wrecking yard hopping.

 

This thing is awesome - need more info on the Big Block and the whole car

 

a 35 with spindles

 

Owned by a friend , as seen at the 2008 CHHR...............Z