Do not trust your driveshaft
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Do not trust your driveshaft
So I just finished a Moser 9" w/ 4.11 TracLoc build last week and have been breaking it in all week. So I drove to the track last night, expecting to just do a real easy or spinning launch to go easy on the stock driveshaft, I was just kinda aiming to see what my MPH was. Track prep was quite nice, and I just cleaned the tires off, and rolled out of the clutch at 3000 and SNAP.
I planned to buy a PST driveshaft next week, so I was hoping my driveshaft would at least last a freakin week, but it didn't last one single pass down the strip. Most of you might say "DUH dumbass, the stocker is a POS". Yes, I know, but I'd like to further prove, do NOT trust your stock aluminum driveshaft as much as you do not trust your 10 bolt!
I planned to buy a PST driveshaft next week, so I was hoping my driveshaft would at least last a freakin week, but it didn't last one single pass down the strip. Most of you might say "DUH dumbass, the stocker is a POS". Yes, I know, but I'd like to further prove, do NOT trust your stock aluminum driveshaft as much as you do not trust your 10 bolt!
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So I just finished a Moser 9" w/ 4.11 TracLoc build last week and have been breaking it in all week. So I drove to the track last night, expecting to just do a real easy or spinning launch to go easy on the stock driveshaft, I was just kinda aiming to see what my MPH was. Track prep was quite nice, and I just cleaned the tires off, and rolled out of the clutch at 3000 and SNAP.
I planned to buy a PST driveshaft next week, so I was hoping my driveshaft would at least last a freakin week, but it didn't last one single pass down the strip. Most of you might say "DUH dumbass, the stocker is a POS". Yes, I know, but I'd like to further prove, do NOT trust your stock aluminum driveshaft as much as you do not trust your 10 bolt!
I planned to buy a PST driveshaft next week, so I was hoping my driveshaft would at least last a freakin week, but it didn't last one single pass down the strip. Most of you might say "DUH dumbass, the stocker is a POS". Yes, I know, but I'd like to further prove, do NOT trust your stock aluminum driveshaft as much as you do not trust your 10 bolt!
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That's why I always say don't even try to run a 9" with a stock drive shaft. I broke my stock drive shaft when I still had the stock 10 bolt. I was going about 70mph on a hard pull and BOOM!!! It broke all kinds of ****! It Cracked the tranny tailhousing/bent my adjustable torque arm/destroyed my aftermarket y-pipe/and put some nice holes in my floorboard. Why even risk it????
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First picture......original 1998 aluminum DS broke while foot was on the brake going 10mph through a parking lot. Just after doing 75mph on the highway to get to that parking lot.
Second and third pictures.......steel shaft that broke while doing a steady 80mph, just cruising.
Weird ****.......you never know when they will let go.
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Second and third pictures.......steel shaft that broke while doing a steady 80mph, just cruising.
Weird ****.......you never know when they will let go.
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Damn. The steel DS that I threw in it the other day was a rusty old shaft from a freakin 82 camaro, but I swapped in my u-joint and it got me the hell home 2 hours away. I'm buying a PST 3.5" aluminum DS in a week or two. Bob, I'll be giving you a call, because I need a 1330BC joint, the one that is 1.125" cap diameter instead of the standard 1350 u-joint.
The aluminum is so damn thin.. And what the hell is the purpose of the cardboard on the inside!?!?
On a side note, these 4.11s kick ***!
The aluminum is so damn thin.. And what the hell is the purpose of the cardboard on the inside!?!?
On a side note, these 4.11s kick ***!
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