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Old Feb 2, 2015 | 04:52 PM
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I have heard that these drive shafts on the 2wd NNBS CC/EC like to let go at around 100mph. Could I just get the stock one high speed balanced and be okay?
Truck has a trick turbo kit too.
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Old Feb 3, 2015 | 12:41 PM
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Actually needs to be bigger diameter or split into two pieces (or made of a different material). The problem is the physical material reaches a point where centripetal force causes a harmonic wave to ripple the length of the shaft. When you hit a certain speed above 107-111, the ripple reaches a critical peak at a single point and the driveshaft shatters.

Simply balancing it won't help you much due to the design of a driveshaft.
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