VIDEO Parkwood 4x4 (Tong) 9th Nov 2014

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VIDEO Parkwood 4x4 (Tong) 9th Nov 2014

Post by Ladaman » Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:40 am

Well we did have a good day, until I broke it AGAIN!!

Yes, another rear drive shaft snapped. (Upgrade now ordered, so lets hope that resolves it).

I've left the final couple of minutes as it happened, and the conversation over what is wrong. Would you expect a shaft to snap? I know I was surprised.

Just a little bad language I'm afraid, but in the situation I thought I played it quite calm. I was really gutted inside I can tell you.

A bit longer than normal, but I find it hard to throw so much away. A bit like in my garage! :lol:

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Re: VIDEO Parkwood 4x4 (Tong) 9th Nov 2014

Post by Anton » Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:39 am

That really is a strange place to lose a shaft - it doesn't look grippy enough to kill anything. Just goes to show, you can't take things for granted. Was it the halfshaft or the prop that broke?
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Post by Ladaman » Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:07 am

Anton wrote:That really is a strange place to lose a shaft - it doesn't look grippy enough to kill anything. Just goes to show, you can't take things for granted. Was it the halfshaft or the prop that broke?
It wasn't grippy, and it's quite a tough hole to exit, but I've done it previously.

Maybe due to spinning the front wheel, when that hits the ground the inertia has to go somewhere in the system. All other wheels grounded, so the weakest link breaks. The front and rear props are Toyota, so pretty big. The weak link seems to be the half shaft, and that's THREE I've snapped this year.

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