Thread: maxi drive ? so whats the next best

Originally Posted by Dougal

This has been bugging me for quite some time.
If you have two dimensional loading, then contraction (and stress) in the third dimension will always occur due to Poissons ratio.
So is it more a case of minimising second and third dimensional loading to prevent through thickness loading?

I guess that's why the best padlocks are laminated design.

Yes.

I was very rushed when making the earlier posts. Lead fails with a brittle fracture under tensile loading in 3 orthogonal directions.

Lead is so malleable because the re-crystalisation temperature is below normal ambient. When the crystalline structure is altered/damaged by work, it re-forms at normal temperatures and doesn't need heat treatment like other metals.

But its behaviour changes dramatically at low temps. Scott may not have perished in Antartica if he knew that. They used kerosene tins for carrying heating fuel. In those days the tins were a rectangular shape with soldered seams. At the low temps the solder failed, the ruptured tins lost their fuel, which also contaminated some stores.

I have got MAXI lockers and axles in my 98 300tdi and find them to be excellent. So for those interested in MAXIS and are at a loss where to get them, here is some assistance.

When I last spoke to Ian at MTE 4x4 Accessories last month, he did have some brand new unused MAXI lockers and axles still available.
Give him a call and if you like say that Simon (POME) from Melbourne let you know.

His details are:
MTE 4x4 ACCESSORIES Ian (Inspector Gadget) McCowat
Phone (03) 5133 6001

This is not a sales pitch or am I in any away connected.
Just letting you know and trying to help.

Simon