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NOW what....bugger it
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 11:27 am
by Guy
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
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 11:30 am
by Pete
?????
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???
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 11:31 am
by Pete
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 12:22 pm
by Mick70RR
What shafts are they Guy?
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 12:54 pm
by Dave81
Torsional Stress/deformation..........
Never seen anything like that before.......What kind of power are you putting through the rear Guy?
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 12:56 pm
by Ivor
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...
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 1:02 pm
by RobTwin
Looks fine to me......... as long as you can find a mating part that matches
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 1:14 pm
by mopar_mark
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
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 2:06 pm
by Guy
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
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 2:42 pm
by Mick
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
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 3:22 pm
by drewcrane
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
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 3:33 pm
by Blue
Did that to a stock set with a 383 and a 4 speed...
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 5:09 pm
by Dave-R
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 7:56 pm
by Mick70RR
This is what happened to one of my OEM shafts on the start line at the Pod.
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 13 8:18 pm
by db
I'm not worried.
Honest...