What Drive shaft saftey loop will fit FLP's??
11-25-2001, 10:14 PM
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Re: What Drive shaft saftey loop will fit FLP's?? right on thats the one i was looking at and i just wanted to make sure it fit hehe <img src="images/icons/grin.gif" border="0">
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Re: What Drive shaft saftey loop will fit FLP's?? Nine Ball - on the Jegs website it says its only applicable 'till 98. I assume thats a misprint? Thats a good price, BTW! I wonder if it would fit larger driveshafts from Dennys, though?
12-16-2001, 10:24 AM
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Re: What Drive shaft saftey loop will fit FLP's?? [quote]Originally posted by bigSS:
<strong>Nine Ball - on the Jegs website it says its only applicable 'till 98. I assume thats a misprint? Thats a good price, BTW! I wonder if it would fit larger driveshafts from Dennys, though?</strong><hr></blockquote>
They just didn't update it
works just fine on a 2000 <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
<strong>Nine Ball - on the Jegs website it says its only applicable 'till 98. I assume thats a misprint? Thats a good price, BTW! I wonder if it would fit larger driveshafts from Dennys, though?</strong><hr></blockquote>
They just didn't update it
works just fine on a 2000 <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
12-16-2001, 04:57 PM
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Re: What Drive shaft saftey loop will fit FLP's?? Are there any driveshaft loops designed to go further back??! I dont understand why they all loop around right at the front.
Last time I broke a driveshaft, a loop would NOT have caught it, and there was still 3 feet or so of shaft that could have launched my car in the air.
Seems like they'd want them further back to catch more chances of breakage.
Last time I broke a driveshaft, a loop would NOT have caught it, and there was still 3 feet or so of shaft that could have launched my car in the air.
Seems like they'd want them further back to catch more chances of breakage.
12-16-2001, 05:51 PM
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Re: What Drive shaft saftey loop will fit FLP's?? [quote]Originally posted by jmX:
<strong>Are there any driveshaft loops designed to go further back??! I dont understand why they all loop around right at the front.
Last time I broke a driveshaft, a loop would NOT have caught it, and there was still 3 feet or so of shaft that could have launched my car in the air.
Seems like they'd want them further back to catch more chances of breakage.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I completely agree. I've witnessed three DS breaks, and not once would a DS loop at the front have helped. For safety, a loop at the front and back of the DS would be ideal.
<strong>Are there any driveshaft loops designed to go further back??! I dont understand why they all loop around right at the front.
Last time I broke a driveshaft, a loop would NOT have caught it, and there was still 3 feet or so of shaft that could have launched my car in the air.
Seems like they'd want them further back to catch more chances of breakage.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I completely agree. I've witnessed three DS breaks, and not once would a DS loop at the front have helped. For safety, a loop at the front and back of the DS would be ideal.
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12-16-2001, 07:01 PM
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Re: What Drive shaft saftey loop will fit FLP's?? NHRA and i believe IHRA rules require it to be within 6 inches of the slip yolk.
When i broke mine, it snapped about a foot forward of the rear u-joint. The loop held the front up just fine.
but a break in the middle could leave enough to flip you <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0">
<img src="graemlins/formula.gif" border="0" alt="[Pontiac]" />
When i broke mine, it snapped about a foot forward of the rear u-joint. The loop held the front up just fine.
but a break in the middle could leave enough to flip you <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0">
<img src="graemlins/formula.gif" border="0" alt="[Pontiac]" />
12-16-2001, 11:38 PM
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Re: What Drive shaft saftey loop will fit FLP's?? [quote]Originally posted by y2khawk:
<strong>NHRA and i believe IHRA rules require it to be within 6 inches of the slip yolk.
When i broke mine, it snapped about a foot forward of the rear u-joint. The loop held the front up just fine.
but a break in the middle could leave enough to flip you <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0">
<img src="graemlins/formula.gif" border="0" alt="[Pontiac]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
When a driveshaft breaks in half, its the rear portion you want to hold off the ground, not the front. The rear portion of mine was a sharp spike, and it was DIGGING into the ground when we were pushing the car. if it'd broke when I was doing 100+mph there's no telling if I'd be alive right now. A loop about half way back seems like it'd do the trick.
<strong>NHRA and i believe IHRA rules require it to be within 6 inches of the slip yolk.
When i broke mine, it snapped about a foot forward of the rear u-joint. The loop held the front up just fine.
but a break in the middle could leave enough to flip you <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0">
<img src="graemlins/formula.gif" border="0" alt="[Pontiac]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
When a driveshaft breaks in half, its the rear portion you want to hold off the ground, not the front. The rear portion of mine was a sharp spike, and it was DIGGING into the ground when we were pushing the car. if it'd broke when I was doing 100+mph there's no telling if I'd be alive right now. A loop about half way back seems like it'd do the trick.
12-17-2001, 10:49 AM
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Re: What Drive shaft saftey loop will fit FLP's?? [quote]Originally posted by Jim:
[QB]Will this JEGS loop work with Grotyohann LT's and a custom Y-pipe as well?
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I need to know too. My guess is no, by the way the bracket hangs down on the driver's side. I may order one anyway and make a few bends of my own in the bracket. And look at a way to put a different one towards the axle as well (one of those universals with the big 0 loop instead of the little o loop). I've seen the damage caused by a busted rear U-joint, that tunnel was not pretty. And with brake lines in the area...
-Andrew
[QB]Will this JEGS loop work with Grotyohann LT's and a custom Y-pipe as well?
<hr></blockquote>
I need to know too. My guess is no, by the way the bracket hangs down on the driver's side. I may order one anyway and make a few bends of my own in the bracket. And look at a way to put a different one towards the axle as well (one of those universals with the big 0 loop instead of the little o loop). I've seen the damage caused by a busted rear U-joint, that tunnel was not pretty. And with brake lines in the area...
-Andrew
