[DeTomaso] Half Shaft Safety Hoop

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

You could just wrap a cable around it like those used to retain F1
Suspension parts when they crash, if you wanted to get fancy, you could put
an outer bearing on it and attach the cable to the free spinning outside
diameter and tie down the other end to the frame rail, I don't think I would
use any part of the ZF case casting as an anchor point for anything at the
now 7-10K replacement cost.

Michael Shortt

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Larry - Ohio Time Corp <
larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:

> Thomas,
>
> Now that you are having the wheel house repaired. What about just
> reinforcing the drive shaft opening? I would think 1/2" bar stock around
> the
> opening would keep the drive shaft in place should it break again.
>
> Larry - Cleveland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Thomas Borcich
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:05 PM
> To: Pantera REALBIG forum
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Half Shaft Safety Hoop
>
>
> Not sure how many of you have had a half shafts break, but both of mine did
> at one point of the cars life. Both of mine broke at the inboard universal
> which can do quite a bit of damage depending on the speed when they break.
> On the inboard half shaft they keep flailing around until the cars stops.
> If
> you break an outboard universal all you do is put the clutch in and all the
> beating stops. Many dragstrip cars have drive shaft hoops so if they break
> a
> universal they don't have drive shaft flailing around, it is contained in a
> steel loop.
>
> Since my wheel house repair is almost complete, I'm thinking about putting
> a
> half shaft safety hoop of some sort to contain the half shafts is they
> break
> again.  Has anyone else done something similar?
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
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