[DeTomaso] Half Shaft Safety Hoop

[John Taphorn]

My personal observations align with your hypothesis,  The only halfshaft 
failures that I have seen were the result of a deteriorated u-joint that was 
not addressed.

JT

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From: <hemipanter at hemipanter.se>
To: <pantdino at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:45 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Half Shaft Safety Hoop


>I never had a failure with U-joint myself but I have seen the result from
> it several times on other cars. I wonder what makes them break??? I have
> put tremendous Tq through my half shafts using my wide Avon slicks. How
> come that a 351C could destroy them using street tires?
> To me it looks like bad lubrication and maintaince. A slight play within
> the cap, the rollers are rusty or the cap does not fit the yoke, then we
> have viberations and at speed this sort of forces will become tremendous.
> OR, destructing the metal over time.
>
> What do you guys think?
> Goran
>
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