was hoping for 11's tonight but got a surprise instead.

[sketchman]

You know those rubber donut couplers that are used in drive shafts in RWD? What if you had one of those in the middle of each half shaft?

One of these. $17 a pop before shipping, plus whatever to cut some flanges, split the shafts, weld, bolt....


They also come in urethane, but $$$.

[Damkid]

^^They sell stuff to fix that though

[Advancedynamix]

We all get weak shafts eventually.

[Damkid]

^^It looks like to me that the shaft itself broke right before the CV joint

[Advancedynamix]

Tires should give first and then clutch slippage should occur before anything snaps. This is pretty common theory, I spend a decent amount of time dealing with this concept on cars with a tad bigger tires lol. JT will get this dialed in, I have faith. Were exactly did it snap?

[DON SVO]

Tires should be the weakest link in a properly designed system.

Manual turbo car with slicks?

[Tommychu]

Tires should be the weakest link in a properly designed system.

All depends on which school of thought you subscribe to. But considering the amount of damage a rapidly moving shaft can do when let loose upon one's undercarriage (not trying to continue the 'shaft' innuendo here... oh who am I kidding yes I am) and the fact that most of the fastest and most advanced racing disciplines agree that tires should be the weakest link, I'm going with that one.

[Advancedynamix]

Tires should be the weakest link in a properly designed system.

[festyfreak39]

Axle = fuse

mind....blown.

[gorgonheimer]

Axle = fuse

[Nerd Racing]

lol, normally your axle shouldn't bend like that. Just saying..

you launch with the same aggressiveness as a 15 year old virgin.

It is interesting though, the axle should by all rights be the weakest link in a properly designed setup. It is the cheapest and easiest to replace.

[festyfreak39]

lol, normally your axle shouldn't bend like that. Just saying..

you launch with the same aggressiveness as a 15 year old virgin.

[DON SVO]

I'm ready to see 11 threads about broken axles now that your tranny shouldn't blow up as often.



Sasquatch...

I was attempting to steer this into a "tranny for your granny" debate.

[Grey Vw]

I'm ready to see 11 threads about broken axles now that your tranny shouldn't blow up as often.

Who made a penis joke?

Sasquatch...

[DON SVO]

why do all my threads turn into penis jokes? lmao. saturday is a fully prepped track so im hoping to have everything sorted by then

Who made a penis joke?