[DeTomaso] Midnight tow service....
Mike Drew
MikeLDrew at aol.com
Mon May 18 11:04:35 EDT 2015
Julian,
It broke internally. The bit that is bolted to the flange spins one way while the shaft connected to the other CV spins the other way. I suspect the splines were stripped.
As to why that happened? That is for others, wiser than me to ascertain....
Mike
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On May 18, 2015, at 9:52, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> How do you break what was a brand new CV axle?
> Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 02:24:12 -0500
> From: bill at incendium.com
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Midnight tow service....
>
> Yes, yes, yes. Thank you Ed Nagel !
> Also thank you "Ken" and Lisa, and Mike and Lori for stopping.
> Special thanks to Susanne for all she has put up with on our adventure from Albe
> rta to Texas.
> See picture.
> if it's on a trailer, it's broke.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill MooreIncendium SupplyCalgary
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> Date: 2015-05-18 1:56 AM (GMT-06:00)
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Midnight tow service....
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Kjetil and Lisa, and Lori and I were the last ones to leave the pig roast for th
> e 1.25 hr drive back to the hotel. About 15 miles out in the middle of nowhere,
> we came across Bill from Calgary, broken down on the side of the road in a drive
> way for a ranch field.
>
> We stopped naturally, and after some quick evaluations we discovered one of his
> CV joint driveshafts had come unglued. Good news is, it's a simple fix to bolt o
> n stock driveshafts for the drive home, and there are plenty of spares lying aro
> und in the area. Bad news is, the car won't go until you install them.
>
> Bill had called for a tow but AAA couldn't come up with a truck late on a Sunday
> night. So in desperation, he called on local good guy Ed Nagel. Ed got out of b
> ed, got in his truck, fetched his trailer and drove out to meet us.
>
> With Lori steering and the rest of us pushing, we had the car lined up with the
> trailer in no time:
>
>
>
>
> Ed scrabbled around on the ground and got the car hooked up and winched onto the
> trailer quick-style, and we were on our way to the hotel.
>
> I love the spirit of cooperation that exists among this fraternity!
>
> We got to the hotel at 2 am, time for bed!
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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