[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 65, Issue 9- Broken Half Shafts

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/10/09 13 54 38, RCBSONS1 at aol.com writes:


> When I talked to Byers about one of their big block
> conversions he said one of the first guys hammered
> it and after going over the railroad tracks both shafts broke
> 
> At a recent autocross one of the Corvette drivers hit an
> area that lightened the car and when he came down with
> power on the shaft broke...
> 
> The weight on and off broke these shafts.. I know both
> were fairly new
> 
> 

Again, it's not the driveshafts themselves that are breaking--the U-joints 
are the weak link.   At least in the case of the Pantera; I don't know about 
the Corvette, but I have a hard time imagining the driveshaft snapping and 
the U-joints remaining in one piece?

Mike