No more brakestands!!

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:50 am

I sheared off an axel yesterday!

Front right, actually sheared it just below the boot. Didnt lose any diff fluid thank god. Got everything back together this afternoon.

Cost about $180

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Wed May 10, 2006 3:09 am

$180 for what? A new axle? Hope the KY was included!

Oh, and pics

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Wed May 10, 2006 3:28 am

$180 was for a tow, an axle and gave my friend who helped me out the old axle for the core charge ($70)

Pics will be coming soon, I need to get them off my friend.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Wed May 10, 2006 8:51 am

206er · Post by **206er** » Wed May 10, 2006 10:57 am

nice work!!!
gotta love the brakestand.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:00 pm

Holy crap.

Did you replace it with an FWD axle? Those are thicker. Too bad there aren't easily-found thicker rear axles.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed May 10, 2006 3:33 pm

What are your mods?

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:17 pm

Have you made a habit of launching hard?

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:54 pm

I think the breakage was more of my tendancy to launch with boost than the mods I have.

I can't be more than 40hp above stock.

I replaced it with an AWD axle, I didnt realize going FWD was an option at the time

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Wed May 10, 2006 7:10 pm

Yeah, every time you launch hard, you tweak the axle a little and work-harden it. This last launch just happened to be the straw that broke the camel's back.

Still, it's amazing. I remember when Phil and I tried to cut an axle once. Those things are crazy strong!

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Wed May 10, 2006 9:57 pm

that is damned impressive!!!

Drag racing on Friday made one of my CV's tick, but my brother got me an axle and a hub at Pick a Part for $25

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:22 pm

Yea, it took Vikash and I a good bit of a sawzall blade to realize you couldn't cut an axle with any ease. It was easier to cut the lateral links than the axle.

Were you breaking traction on launches?

Subtle · Post by **Subtle** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:27 pm

Brakestand

The term has been out of my loop, but it must mean stepping on the brake while building boost.

Obiously failures can happen.

I haven't tried this launch, but have been just mashing the peddle. The Stall- converter launches the car rather well.

This temperate approach may not last much longer and a broken axle seems possible---are the FWD ones stronger

Post by **Legacy777** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:42 pm

Subtle wrote:This temperate approach may not last much longer and a broken axle seems possible---are the FWD ones stronger

They're larger in diameter.....more material.....stronger..

Subtle · Post by **Subtle** » Fri May 12, 2006 1:21 am

Will they fit the back as well

corsair · Post by **corsair** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:45 am

no, they won't fit the back, I can't seem to remember any strengthened R160 rear axels however there are aftermarket ones for the R180

Subtle · Post by **Subtle** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:33 am

Are the WRX and/or STI shafts stronger?

If the soon to be done next level of performance for the old twgn is somewhere between these two, there may be a problem with shafts.

Unless those for the twgn were originally stronger.

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THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:15 am

Bah, it's an aftermarket axle anyway. Who knows what they used for the composition of the shaft.

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