NOW what....bugger it

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Tue Apr 09, 13 11:27 am

removed the halfshafts today to find see if anything was wrong

Can you can spot the problem

I can feel a visit to Hausers coming on

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Apr 09, 13 11:30 am

?????

I know I am being thick here, but have you not just put new half shafts in the car after you found one flange and wheel was bent???

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Apr 09, 13 11:31 am

...anyway, Turnip would still use them

I saw John at Geofs once getting new ones.....the state of the old ones

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Tue Apr 09, 13 12:22 pm

What shafts are they Guy?

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Tue Apr 09, 13 12:54 pm

Torsional Stress/deformation..........

Never seen anything like that before.......What kind of power are you putting through the rear Guy?

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Apr 09, 13 12:56 pm

Guy, what you need to do is take it a bit easier.

Pull away gently and don't put your foot down hard, just toodle along gently and you can admire the scenery as well.

Always here and willing to provide sensible advice when the going gets tough...

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Tue Apr 09, 13 1:02 pm

Looks fine to me......... as long as you can find a mating part that matches

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Tue Apr 09, 13 1:14 pm

A set of Slicks, prepped track & good traction will try to screw the hell out of most shafts . . .

As Pete said, I also thought you upgraded your shafts, they look after market ? 31 Spline, hard to tell from photograph ?

Hopefully Mr Hauser can get it swiftly sorted for you

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Tue Apr 09, 13 2:06 pm

These were the the old shafts but were not twisted before as I had had them out before and would have noticed. I have not taken them out before now as my garage is too small to get both wheels out from under the car and I had to wait for the weather to improve ( no hard frosts) before pulling the car out so I am able to work on it.

Thanks Ivor I shall try that next time

it would save me a fortune..

Dave81-What kind of power are you putting through the rear Guy?

to be honest mate i'm not sure but its not enough

You are right mark the are after market units and were Strange race shafts not the street strip shafts. Anyway I dropped the shafts in at Hausers and have a couple on order but I may be doubtful for Gary's Picnic

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Tue Apr 09, 13 2:42 pm

Are they stock spline Guy ?
I ran stock spline moser shafts in my old 8-3/4 for3 yrs or so and the axle's still going strong in a friend's high 12 sec, 4 spd truck with 5.13 gears.
Mick

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Tue Apr 09, 13 3:22 pm

Strange (pardon the pun) I have those same shafts , but not as much horse power , but now I will have something else to worry about

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Tue Apr 09, 13 3:33 pm

Did that to a stock set with a 383 and a 4 speed...

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Apr 09, 13 5:09 pm

My Challenger still had the OEM shafts in and still has as far as I know. No sign of damage despite many hard launches.

Good steel in those days.

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Tue Apr 09, 13 7:56 pm

This is what happened to one of my OEM shafts on the start line at the Pod.

db · Post by db » Tue Apr 09, 13 8:18 pm

I'm not worried.

Honest...