sixpack_2_go

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well guys, no time slips today. i was on my way to the dragstrip today when my driveshaft broke in half at about 120mph on the highway! it twisted in half right in the middle not at the u-joints. it bashed holes in all my floor pans and exhaust, tore off my e-brake cables, and bent my torque arm so bad that it pushed the torque arm through the driver side floor pan! my car is trashed. im pissed! this sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at least my trans and rearend are ok.

bene

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Wow, that sucks.

Floader

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Wonder why this happend? Must have had a ding in it or mabey a bad ujoint.... mabey you just drive like a animal

EastTnZ28

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Dang! Time to upgrade.

ls1pwrdss

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get a drive shaft safety loop. and why were you doing 120 your lucky it dint flip you by diging in the road.

Gilbert@Ace Racing

Couldn't have said it better. You gotta think safe to be safe man!

g

StealthLSJuan

Mythbusters busted that myth, car wont flip over with the driveshaft breaking like that. It will just rip the rear end apart as well as everything else back there.

sixpack_2_go

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i have heard that Denny's driveshafts are good. does anybody know of another good driveshafty company for f-bodys?

sixpack_2_go

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Orr89rocz

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car is hot looking tho! too bad about the driveshaft. thank god your safe and nothing came up thru the floor!

sixpack_2_go

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i ordered a Lingenfelter 3.5" driveshaft and a edelbrock adjustable torque arm. should be back on the road soon!

Gilbert@Ace Racing

I appreciate the fact that they were able to demonstrate that on a given vehicle. I did not see that video.

Have you ever witnessed that happening? I have. Prior to aluminum driveshafts in 1982, in front of Mesquite High School on Belt Line Rd. at about 7:30 a.m.. 1972 Chevelle, 350 / 350 Cragars, BFG's... going about 25 mph and hit it. Frt u-joint snapped and the driveshaft hit a groove that was cut into the concrete. The *** end of the car came up very high. How high? I don't know but it does not matter, point is a driveshaft loop in that car would have prevented it from hitting the pavement. Imagine that happening at 120 mph...

I was there and I saw it.

Driveshaft loops and other safety devices make a difference. Don't ignore the benefits of those pieces guys!

g

sixpack_2_go

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i have a driveshaft loop on my car at the front of my driveshaft but my drive shaft broke in the middle so it didnt do any good

auto4dad

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you had a drive shaft loop and it still had pieces coming threw your floor board? that sucks, wtf are we gonna do now? cross our fingers I guess. I kinda like my legs where they are.

Pharm0r

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aw man emagine if that thing would have came up htrough the floorboard/seat and got your *****! lol sorry, lil drunk atm]

edit: glad your safe

Da Swami

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Wow, that is a seriously weird place for the shaft to break!

Glad you're ok.....

sixpack_2_go

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ya, a lot of people have said that they have never seen one break like that.

cj_z28

damn thats alot worse then they said it was. but you wornt the only one with a bad day that day. ttop flew off then my torque arm comes unbolted... bad day for mokan goers... still ran a 12.7 tho. lol