[DeTomaso] Spares

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

At that point the tub becomes a crumple zone and absorbs some of the energy.

Plus, if the car is totaled anyway, what good is it to have a tub in the
garage.

Leave it in, you just never know when you'll want to stop at Harbor Freight
and buy something.


Michael





On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:52 AM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 12/1/11 7 59 48, dave at damardirect.com writes:
>
>
> >
> > No, and the picture did not cause the failure either!
> >
> >  I was suggesting the tub would take the brunt of a broken, flaying
> > U-joint/half shaft and the deck lid.
> >
> >>>I've never heard of a decklid (or even a tub) getting injured when the
> U-joint snaps.   The inner wheelhouse gets clobbered, and if you're
> unlucky,
> maybe the case of the ZF, but that's it.
>
> Actually, if you get REALLY unlucky it can be very bad indeed.   The fellow
> who restored my car discovered after he bought his own, that it wound up
> going backwards through the trees when a U-joint broke.   Apparently a
> previous owner was doing some hard acceleration, a U-joint broke, all
> power was
> transferred to only a single wheel, which spun the car backwards and then
> it
> launched into the woods, demolishing the rear end.
>
> If that happens, the tub ain't going to help. :>)
>
> Mike
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