Abstract: A structure for a golf cart wheel shaft having two hole bushings fixed in opposing ends of a central bore of a hub of the golf cart wheel. A shaft bushing is disposed within the central bores of the hole bushings for receiving a wheel shaft within the interior of the shaft bushing. The wheel shaft is engaged within the shaft bushing and both rotate together by means of two fitting tips, each of the two fitting tips being formed on a respective one of two clamping fingers. The fitting tips pass through respective holes in the shaft bushing to engage respective recesses formed in the shaft.

Abstract: A golf cart wheel axle assembly having a holder plate connected to the frame of a golf cart to hold a wheel axle by a lock screw, wherein the wheel axle has a tapered rod and a rectangular block longitudinally aligned and respectively inserted into a taper hole and a rectangular hole on the holder plate; the lock screw is screwed through the tapered hole into a bolt hole on the tapered rod, having a split circular projection engaged into an annular groove inside the tapered hole.

Abstract: A device for coupling a wheel to a golf club carrier includes a sleeve member axially and rotatably passed through the axle of the wheel. A head portion with a tongue is formed at an end of the sleeve member. Two lugs parallelly extend from the free end of the leg of the golf club carrier. A fixing rod has a first end connected to the leg of the golf club carrier near the free end of the leg and a second end passing through the head portion of the sleeve member into the sleeve member. A plurality of radial ribs extend outwardly near the first end of the fixing rod and are correspondingly fitted into a plurality of radial grooves formed in the head portion of the sleeve member so as to prevent the fixing rod from rotation relative to the sleeve member when the fixing rod is received in the sleeve member.

Abstract: A wheel end assembly used with a tire pressure management system has a pressurized air passage formed in part by the annular clearance space formed between a drive shaft and a central bore in the tire mounting spindle of the end assembly.

Abstract: An accessory spindle for boat trailers or the like for mounting onto a damaged wheel mounting axle spindle of the trailer. The accessory spindle has an exterior surface substantially identical to that of the axle spindle, and has an open end opening into a hollow. The hollow has bores formed therein which mirror the exterior surface of the axle spindle so as to be mounted thereon. Threads on the free end of the axle spindle are threadedly received in a threaded bore within the hollow corresponding to that of the axle spindle free end. Set screws may extend from the exterior of the axle spindle into the hollow adjacent the free end for securely gripping the axle spindle.

Abstract: A method in which a jig is used to position a replacement for a removed end-adjacent portion of an axle. The replacement is then welded to the remainder of the axle. A replacement part, a jig, and a kit facilitating the repair method are provided.

Abstract: An axle assembly includes an axle member, a flange, and a spindle. The flange is provided with a central bore. An end portion of the spindle extends through the central bore of the flange to contact an end of the axle member. A central portion of the spindle contacts a surface of the flange. Separate weld joints are formed between the axle assembly components at the two contact areas. The welding flash around the outer circumference of the weld may be removed to allow for visual inspection. A preferred method of manufacturing the assembly is by a friction or inertia welding process.

Abstract: A motorcycle sidecar apparatus attaches to a motorcycle. The sidecar has an independent reverse drive and is controllable in the forward and reverse directions from either the motorcycle or the sidecar. It is particularly adapted for the use of wheelchair-bound handicapped persons. The invention also includes a suspension mechanism which cushions the ride and a hand-operated gear shift which facilitates operation of the vehicle from the sidecar. Finally, the sidecar incorporates a new type of wheel mounting assembly.

Abstract: A spindle for an axle is capable of supporting a vehicle wheel which is rotatably mounted thereon at a pair of axially disposed bearings. The spindle includes a cylindrical portion at its outer end which serves as an outer bearing mounting region while the portion of the spindle inwardly of the outer bearing mounting region is provided a frusto-conical outer surface. The inner wheel bearing has an inner race with a frusto-conical inner surface so that the frusto-conical outer surface of the spindle will serve as the inner bearing mounting region. Such a spindle is preferably cold formed from a hollow tubular blank having a generally uniform external diameter and wall thickness.

Abstract: An improved spindle is for a heavy duty truck or trailer axle of the type which includes a support for a wheel mounted thereon at a pair of axially disposed, independently mounted inner and outer tapered-roller bearing for rotation about an axis of the spindle. The improvement includes providing a transition portion between an intermediate portion of the spindle which receives the inner tapered-roller bearing thereon and a larger major portion of the axle which first transition portion has a frusto-conical outer surface. A collar has a frusto-conical inner surface and is fixedly mounted on the first transition portion to locate a transverse surface thereon adjacent the intermediate portion to act as a bearing stop for the inner tapered-roller bearing.

Abstract: An assembly maintenance tube maintains a live spindle mounted within a bore of a vehicle mounting component. The maintenance tube has a central aperture for receiving in a spaced relationship a drivable axle. The axle is drivingly connected to the live spindle in a manner which allows axial movement of the axle relative to the spindle to relieve stress in the drive train which drives the axle.

Abstract: A wheel mounting having a hub carried by a pair of axially spaced apart ball bearings carried on a spindle, the inner race rings of said bearings restrained against axial movement, and the outer race rings restrained against axial movement in opposite directions by hub carried snap rings. Elimination of hub shoulders previously required for positioning and restraining the outer race rings against axial movement caused by side loading reduces the casting and boring problems and facilitates simpler and more consistant assembly of the hub onto the spindle.

Abstract: An improved wheel mounting means is provided for a wheel speed sensor which is capable of being mounted at the end of a spindle and includes wiring which passes through a central passageway in the spindle. The sensor is of a type to be employed with a toothed ring or rotor mounted in the hub cap for relative rotation between the sensor and the rotor to generate a signal indicative of wheel speed. The improvement to the sensor includes providing the sensor with a support structure which can be bolted to a keyed lock ring of the wheel mounting assembly and which encircles an extended portion of the spindle to provide the desired coaxial alignment of the sensor and rotor. A sealing member between the support structure and the extended portion of the spindle prevents wheel bearing lubricating fluid in the hub cap area from escaping through the passageway in the spindle.