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Old 04-15-2011, 06:30 PM
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Default Broke mainshaft going to viper internals

Broke my mainshaft a few weeks ago having and im having tick upgrade the 6spd again. What im wondering is about when i get the viper parts will i need to switch to different yolk on my driveshaft?


Old 04-15-2011, 06:56 PM
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yes

Viper mainshaft is a 30T spline count.

How much power are you making? What does the car weigh?
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Its stock weight plus whatever the 9in added and should be 400 at the wheels not sure yet gettin it dynoed next month
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That's bad ***..
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Damn. I was considering just getting everything upgraded except the main. You just caused me to spend 700 more dollars. lol
Old 04-15-2011, 11:07 PM
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Yea i wish i would have gotten stage 3 in the first place but i never thought id break stage 2. Gonna shoot for 11.70 when i get it back.
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Damn that's hookin up good to bust that ****..makes me think what mine will hold up to..lol..
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That was like 2500 rpm
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Time to upgrade it. I have a 55 gallon drum full of busted up tail housings just like yours.
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Freak accident? Thats some decent carnage for 400 hp and 2500 rpm. maybe that monster had something to do with it idk.
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Yep hopefully ill have it back by next friday
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Who's doing the work?
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Tick Performance, it was still under warranty soo i just have to buy the new parts
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Originally Posted by Zmg00camaross
Freak accident? Thats some decent carnage for 400 hp and 2500 rpm. maybe that monster had something to do with it idk.
Monster does say "The only warning we have for you is this; if you make this kind of power and you have a weak drive train, you will break stuff! This thing finds the weak points and lets you know!"

Got to agree with that
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I just found two cracks on my stock 27sp shaft during a routine teardown. Both cracks are up by the reluctor wheel, same basic area where yours broke.

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Monster does say "The only warning we have for you is this; if you make this kind of power and you have a weak drive train, you will break stuff! This thing finds the weak points and lets you know!"

Got to agree with that
Monster Level 3 here.... Last year I broke a forged trans yoke as well. Looks like I'll be upgrading to a Viper shaft.

Mike
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Originally Posted by Mikey 97Z M6
I just found two cracks on my stock 27sp shaft during a routine teardown. Both cracks are up by the reluctor wheel, same basic area where yours broke.



Monster Level 3 here.... Last year I broke a forged trans yoke as well. Looks like I'll be upgrading to a Viper shaft.

Mike
Can you guys tell me what a "Monster Level 3" is? Or any level Monster for that matter?

Could wheel hop have had anything to do with the break? 400whp does not seem like it would typically be enough power to break any T56 that I know of just from torque alone. I do know that wheel hop can break drive line parts in very short order though.
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Originally Posted by SATAN
Can you guys tell me what a "Monster Level 3" is? Or any level Monster for that matter?

Could wheel hop have had anything to do with the break? 400whp does not seem like it would typically be enough power to break any T56 that I know of just from torque alone. I do know that wheel hop can break drive line parts in very short order though.
Monster is a clutch company they work well and break stuff because of it. I just thought it was weird the OP broke at such a low rpm but **** happens.
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yea i was prety surprised too. And there was no wheel hop at all, tires were sticky thanks to 2nd gear burnout and 18 psi hot on 555 dr
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You twisted the splines on the inside of the yoke which wouldn't allow the yoke to compress properly. When that happens, bad things follow.



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