Originally Posted by karmat

Err, this thread turned kind of ugly. What's the point insulting each other? In any case Garage Sale is right... a solid axle is stronger than a hollow one if the same metallurgy is used in both. That quote you have there vettfrc2000 is referring two shapes using the same amount of material: "the quantity of matter in each being the same". Think about it this way: if you took a solid steel rod 1 inch in diameter and 2 feet long and a tube the same diameter and length, but with a wall thickness of .1mm, which would be stronger? That's just an extreme version of the comparison you're making here.

Hope that sheds some light... and chill out people.

Karl