20 psi + reman axle = FAIL

[phat_ridegt]

did some tuning today, and brought the boost up to 20psi...beat the crap outta the car, and then decided i would try to feather a launch on street tires...well i didnt get 2 inches...

busted the right side axle clean off in the diff. i was worried it was the input shaft at first, this is much less expensive, and only have to remove the diff....

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[bikrboy128]

:doh:

 

[jeff99gtp]

holy wow you did a nice one on that!! haha why are you worried about your input shaft? what one are you running? but you know what this means when you are breaking axles? your making power!!

 

[phat_ridegt]

i was worried about the i/s because of the way it acted...im only running a 4340...it didnt move an inch when i launched....i got out, and didnt see the axle moving at all, like you do sometimes when they break, then i realized i didnt have park, so i knew it was axle/diff related...pulled the axle, and it was quite obvious lol

 

[Yaj Yak]

fucking awesome. thats impressive.

 

[10sec]

damn son lol, are you sure you want me to come out there and help you out?! We'll have to bring extra axles with us when we go out for a session

 

[Angus]

snap

 

[02BlueGT]

You know you could just drill/tap a bolt in there and pry on the bolt to remove, then you can leave the diff and the cover in/on the trans

(it shoudl be steel, so a good magnet will catch all the drill shavings

 

[Mike K]

Now that's an axle failure!

 

[phat_ridegt]

You know you could just drill/tap a bolt in there and pry on the bolt to remove, then you can leave the diff and the cover in/on the trans

(it shoudl be steel, so a good magnet will catch all the drill shavings

theres no way to catch all the shavings...considering it will take all of 20 mins to pull the diff out, not worth the risk IMHO

 

[02BlueGT]

theres no way to catch all the shavings...considering it will take all of 20 mins to pull the diff out, not worth the risk IMHO

understandable, just a thought

 

[1FastWS6]

damn thats pretty awesome. That might top my car when I had the cartuning kit on it.. input shaft snapped clean off.. like someone took a saw to it...

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Oooch! At least its an easy fix. Hope to see this beast tearing it up at the track day still.

 

[Eagle]

Nicely done

 

[phat_ridegt]

Oooch! At least its an easy fix. Hope to see this beast tearing it up at the track day still.

Yep no reason it won't be back on the road this evening. Providing the diff is okay. Should be fine

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I cant remember, did you ever put a kit on that thing?

 

[phat_ridegt]

nitrous? yeah its on there...ill have it ready to rock and roll at the track event...

 

[M@]

damn thats pretty awesome. That might top my car when I had the cartuning kit on it.. input shaft snapped clean off.. like someone took a saw to it...

might?

everyone breaks input shafts, I've never seen a sheared axle before...

cracked/exploded CV's yes, but never a full-on shear failure like that.

impressive, but also indicative of how shitty reman axles are. No heat treatment at all, and a simple shearing failure. That wouldn't happen with a stock shaft.

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[G_T_O]

damn thats pretty awesome. That might top my car when I had the cartuning kit on it.. input shaft snapped clean off.. like someone took a saw to it...

i dunno lol i want to bring it back to that state some day lol. Just gotta get a new trans and then i can start havin fun .

 

[phat_ridegt]

yeah the reman shafts are junk..i will be changing both of mine to napa max drives, which are new shafts, and also carry a lifetime warranty. with having a good friend work there, and having a good account, i can get both for around 100 total....

repaired the damage tonight, only took an hour total and 50 bucks, a lot less than a chain or i/s would have taken...installed a napa shaft tonight and put the slicks on....no launching but the car pulls good...

heres a couple pics of the other half of the shaft

 

[phat_ridegt]

i dunno lol i want to bring it back to that state some day lol. Just gotta get a new trans and then i can start havin fun .

if shaun could have kept that thing up to snuff, that 500whp car woulda been a shit ton of fun. in that respect, id love to dyno 500 with mine!

 

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if shaun could have kept that thing up to snuff, that 500whp car woulda been a shit ton of fun. in that respect, id love to dyno 500 with mine!

On race gas and a good tune i don't see you being too far off of that. My dream of putting down 500whp won't happen until i have a much bigger wallet. I'm hoping for around 400whp with the spray this year if i'm lucky.