Hmmm Carnage? KaBOOM!
07-10-2011, 10:51 AM
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Ds loop saved my *** like it was supposed to! It was 1/4" steel and didn't stand a chance, and scooter the tailhousing is cracked too, the slip yoke was still in the tranny after all the mess happened, and on the 126 mph I don't belive it's the first time but all the other times have been after the trap so I was out of the throttle, this time I was in it! Lol
07-10-2011, 12:29 PM
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Man, sorry to hear about your carnage!! Sux! I had the same thing happen last oct. Mine broke in the middle just like yours, sounded just like you said, and I was lucky nothing came thru at me. I had a "built" POS too. I will not buy from any place that doesnt do hot rods for a living. Dennys, Drive shaft shop, PST in FL, ect. I dont want that to happen again. Scarry stuff!! Be glad you had an iron block.
07-10-2011, 02:56 PM
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Dam sorry to hear that man. i just experienced this about 4 months ago, so i feel your pain. i Ended getting a built DS from drive shaft specialist. i have a 2piece that i'm wanting to put on in its place just have to get the support.
07-10-2011, 08:25 PM
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yeah i bet it would get somewhere thin lol. Wasnt that a brand new trans that got busted?
Sorry to hear about what happined. I had a guy install new u-joints in my 89 silvy one time. Stupid ****** left the lil keys off the u-joint when he installed the caps. After about a day of driving it had vibrated and broke the trans completely off the motor. Looked just like that trans of yours. Always a damn drive shaft! From that day on i have done all my mechanicing and never looked back. I know u will come back with somethin faster and better!
Sorry to hear about what happined. I had a guy install new u-joints in my 89 silvy one time. Stupid ****** left the lil keys off the u-joint when he installed the caps. After about a day of driving it had vibrated and broke the trans completely off the motor. Looked just like that trans of yours. Always a damn drive shaft! From that day on i have done all my mechanicing and never looked back. I know u will come back with somethin faster and better!
07-10-2011, 08:31 PM
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What happens, is when they get so high in RPM, they start to get a harmonic to them and then start to "jump rope" and the tube fails in the middle like that. Then all hell breaks loose!! lol
The U-joint broke from being ripped out of the yoke.
