[DeTomaso] Half Shaft Safety Hoop

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A 351C makes more power than your Hemi?

-----Original Message-----
>From: hemipanter at hemipanter.se
>Sent: Dec 8, 2009 4:45 AM
>To: pantdino at aol.com
>Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>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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