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Old May 1, 2010 | 12:10 PM
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I figured some of ya'll might get a kick out of this. At the track the other night on street tires I destroyed my driveshaft. Sure did figure the 10 bolt would go first.




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Old May 1, 2010 | 12:35 PM
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Dayummmmmm son
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Old May 1, 2010 | 01:51 PM
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NICE! Are you going to replace or upgrade?
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Old May 1, 2010 | 01:59 PM
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broke it off the launch?
how hard where you hitting those launches lol
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Old May 1, 2010 | 04:32 PM
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Yeah busted it on the launch. Just going to replace it till I get a 9". Personally I thought I was being easy on it.
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Old May 1, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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good choice on the sport dog
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Old May 2, 2010 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by rabiddog
Yeah busted it on the launch. Just going to replace it till I get a 9". Personally I thought I was being easy on it.
dude thats jus a minor scratch that thing still has like 30,000 miles to go
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Old May 2, 2010 | 01:56 AM
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Nothing a little duct tape won't fix!
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Old May 2, 2010 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by sleepersilverado
good choice on the sport dog
Yeah the sport dog is ok. Other than I can put it on max power and all it does is make my dog twitch when he is pumped up and going after birds.
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Old May 2, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by sleepersilverado
good choice on the sport dog
HA...I was thinking the same thing.
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How does your floorpan look after that?


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Old May 2, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by chupr0kabra
How does your floorpan look after that?


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Just a couple scratches. No dents. Broke it at the line so it wasn't banging around for long.
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Old May 2, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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torsional shear stress.
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Old May 2, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by SiL3NtXWS6
torsional shear stress.
Well into the plastic region! LOL!
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Old May 2, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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I never understood why they put aluminum ds in the m6 cars and steel in the autos. I saw this same thing happen last month at the track.
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Old May 3, 2010 | 02:43 PM
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This is why i would rather have my stock iron shaft over the stock aluminum pieces.
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Old May 3, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Sluggish
I never understood why they put aluminum ds in the m6 cars and steel in the autos.
Adds 10 hp.
lol
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Old May 3, 2010 | 03:16 PM
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Aluminum isnt a weak material. My DS is about the only thing I havnt broke on my car. If your replacement breaks Gresham in Odessa makes lots of our DS for our pumps and you know they aint no weaklings either. But the PST you mentioned is a nice one also when you get that new rear. Hopefully before destroying your 10 bolt. I should have my replacement parts from D&D this weekend. Oh-your TQ arm ok?

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Originally Posted by Shackleford
Well into the plastic region! LOL!
1. change material
2. increase outer diameter
3. decrease inner diameter
4. Modify factor of safety
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Old May 3, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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ive got an auto and mines aluminum? aluminum is lighter, so will put more power to the wheels. you have to replace the driveshaft in pretty much anything when you add stress, ie more power and traction.
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