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Jul 28, 2009 | 05:32 PM

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Spohn TA Snapped

Broke my stock Ta when it was just a exhaust car and ordered a Spohn Torque arm Adj. Im now a bolt on only car with a Moser 12 bolt 4.30 gears. I made 3 passes with traction issues but each pass was getting better. The 4th pass boom. 5,500rpm Ta broke which then caused my drive shaft to snap too. Sucks because I really thought the SPohn Ta would be able to hold a 345hp bolt on car.

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Jul 28, 2009 | 08:38 PM

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Are you sure the driveshaft didn't break first?

Jul 28, 2009 | 08:47 PM

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Damn!

Jul 28, 2009 | 09:09 PM

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Are you sure the driveshaft didn't break first?

pretty sure. Ta snapped on top which left the pressure from the bottom bar to push back more and caused the rear end to tilt upward. Which then snapped the housing ring on the drive shaft. Its not the Stock drive shaft btw Even if..If the drive shaft broke 1st the TA would still be intact due to there being no force on the TA. It would of been gone once the drive shaft broke.

Jul 28, 2009 | 10:54 PM

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Damn, is there any way it could of been a factory defect in the TA? I was certain that the TA could withstand a considerable amount of hp.

Jul 29, 2009 | 12:25 AM

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damn, only 345 (not downing your car!!) and it snapped?
i know i'm ignorant but that seems.....odd....

Jul 29, 2009 | 01:52 AM

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Wow thats nasty. What kind of 60' times are you putting out? Also maybe you had adjusted the TA too far in either direction?

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Jul 30, 2009 | 01:45 AM

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That night i was cutting. 1.6 60. The ta was set at -2 from what the shop said. And the moser 12 bolts have problems breaking the brackets not the Ta itself, I have already broke one. Trying to see if they won't warranty it. They dId my buddies that he twisted off at the adj bolts.

Jul 30, 2009 | 07:02 AM

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And the moser 12 bolts have problems breaking the brackets not the Ta itself, I have already broke one.

Historically yes the bracket breaks but if the TA bolts come loose I could I could see it breaking in this manner as well. If there's deflection it's gonna wanna give somewhere. Either way maybe time for you to look at the Madman.

Jul 30, 2009 | 09:14 AM

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You've broken a stock one AND this one? Perhaps there is something else going on with your suspension that's putting unusual loads on these parts.

Jul 30, 2009 | 10:56 AM

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That sucks....I had a Spohn adj. T/A on my 93 T/A with a Moser 9", I had NO problems. Ran low 12s with consistant 60' of 1.7x.

Jul 30, 2009 | 12:32 PM

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You've broken a stock one AND this one? Perhaps there is something else going on with your suspension that's putting unusual loads on these parts.

what broke it stock was me launching at rev with tires and 4.30 gears. Ofcourse the stock Ta is going to break. Plenty of people have done that. The way it looks is the weld gave away at the bracket and then snapped the rest. Looking to be a weak weld

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That sucks....I had a Spohn adj. T/A on my 93 T/A with a Moser 9", I had NO problems. Ran low 12s with consistant 60' of 1.7x.

There has been two of us here locally that i know of that have broke in the same area. The other guy twisted his though. Spohn warrantied that.

The madman looks good but no cutting, grinding or welding for me + the high price. There are others out there

Jul 30, 2009 | 06:32 PM

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Your TA is not under warranty?

Jul 31, 2009 | 04:26 PM

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You've broken a stock one AND this one? Perhaps there is something else going on with your suspension that's putting unusual loads on these parts.

exact same thing i'm thinking...

theres other cars that have gone way faster and harder on that same TA and it still living... something else is up

Jul 31, 2009 | 06:39 PM

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he didnt say anything about warranting it. If something was wrong with the car wouldn't it of broke sometime in the 3 yr time frame of me racing and DD with it? Only thing different was me adding some strange shocks all around and the local shop here installed them and set the angle on the TA