EMAN Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 does anyone know what material axle shafts are made out of? I forged a sword and want to get it hardened so I can finish it. I can send it to a heat treating place that we use at work but they are going to want to know "what it is?" and "an axle shaft" won't work! thanks for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I hear testing is available for only $140 not sure where they send it for that tho, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Many different factors are involved. The age; alloys may have changed in the industry over the years. Is it a stock axle (original part) or is it a replacement? Could be better or not as good as original. What make of car did it come from? This could be less important as the Big Three could all get axles from a common vendor. Not sure if they were all made in-house. It could be anything from a medium to high carbon 10XX steel to an alloy such as a 4xxx or 5xxx grade. If your heat treater needs the info, you could, as Steve said, have a scrap piece tested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Ptree used to work for an axle manufacturer as a search revealed: Axles below 13/8" OD forging stock are 1050, and 1541H aboveOf course this info may be US specific...where you are we haven't a clue.Note that a google search on: axle steel iforgeiron.com yielded 4 pages of pertinant results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 EMAN, Thomas posted US information. Please add your location to your profile so you can get better answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMAN Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Sorry about that. Im in Michigan. It is from a 2002 Chrys. Town and Country. As far as I know of it is original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 OK then PTREE's info should be spot on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Contact Chrysler. I have contacted forklift manufacturers about fork alloys, and the last one was APEX the new owners of Nicholson Files. The materials guy from APEX actually called me to give me the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I have a factory GM 14-bolt axle shaft that's 1.5" diameter and based on my research I'm pretty sure they are 1040 CS. From what I've found, most of the OEM axle shafts (for trucks at least) were mostly either 1040 CS or 1050 CS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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