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No more brakestands!!
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:50 am
by Splinter
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
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 3:09 am
by entirelyturbo
$180 for what? A new axle? Hope the KY was included!
Oh, and pics
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 3:28 am
by Splinter
$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.
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 8:51 am
by Splinter
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 10:57 am
by 206er
nice work!!!
gotta love the brakestand.
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:00 pm
by vrg3
Holy crap.
Did you replace it with an FWD axle? Those are thicker. Too bad there aren't easily-found thicker rear axles.
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 3:33 pm
by THAWA
What are your mods?
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 4:17 pm
by vrg3
Have you made a habit of launching hard?
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:54 pm
by Splinter
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
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 7:10 pm
by vrg3
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!
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:57 pm
by 555BCTurbo
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
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 5:22 pm
by BAC5.2
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?
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:27 pm
by Subtle
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
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:42 pm
by Legacy777
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..
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 1:21 am
by Subtle
Will they fit the back as well
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 3:45 am
by corsair
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
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:33 am
by Subtle
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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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 3:15 am
by THAWA
Bah, it's an aftermarket axle anyway. Who knows what they used for the composition of the shaft.
