LEONMEX Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 Thanks for your help with pushing my car back down the pits after it broke the shafts & diff,thanks kev for the oil bucket & thanks everyone else that lended a hand getting my car driving again Was a top weekend & being amongst all the osf family was excellent once again,top bunch
Mr Sam Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 glad you got home mate, sod's law it blows something when you drive there
Posse Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 No probs leon thats what its all about m8
huxmk1estate Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 your more than welcome m8 anytime dude!!
MK2Ed Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 glad you got home mate, sod's law it blows something when you drive there just waiting for it to happen to me... Felt sorry for Petrolhead too - after calamity at the rolling road his gearbox seized up on the day and didn't even get one run in
Guest MK1gaz Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 Leonmex what axle bits did you brake then , standard or uprated ?
huxmk1estate Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 glad you got home mate, sod's law it blows something when you drive there just waiting for it to happen to me... Felt sorry for Petrolhead too - after calamity at the rolling road his gearbox seized up on the day and didn't even get one run in yeah but petrolhead... dont sell the King car, its bloody sex and i wont let you do it!!!!!!
huxmk1estate Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 Leonmex what axle bits did you brake then , standard or uprated ? welded diff and standard shafts if im right.... leon?
Twinkle Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 just to say thanks to you leon for lending tony and me your misses
Guest MK1gaz Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 Leonmex what axle bits did you brake then , standard or uprated ? welded diff and standard shafts if im right.... leon? no wonder . Slicks as well or street rubber ?
MK2Ed Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 just to say thanks to you leon for lending tony and me your misses
huxmk1estate Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 Leonmex what axle bits did you brake then , standard or uprated ? welded diff and standard shafts if im right.... leon? no wonder . Slicks as well or street rubber ? erm.................... slicks King done well all year tho!!!
Guest MK1gaz Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 Leonmex what axle bits did you brake then , standard or uprated ? welded diff and standard shafts if im right.... leon? no wonder . Slicks as well or street rubber ? erm.................... slicks King done well all year tho!!! Slicks , locker , standard shafts and an angry pinto , he was lucky the boot floor stayed in !!!!!!!!!
Mr Sam Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 just to say thanks to you leon for lending tony and me your misses PMSL and yeah tny you cant sell the car you just cant stick it away and throw money at something else for a while
LEONMEX Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Posted October 15, 2007 just to say thanks to you leon for lending tony and me your misses mk1 gaz,done agood job of the shafts if you look in the osfdc pics room. Done a year in the osfdc & a few track days so got my money worth though
Guest MK1gaz Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 I hope my standard 1100 shafts last as long as yours then mate
Toby Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Leonmex what axle bits did you brake then , standard or uprated ? welded diff and standard shafts if im right.... leon? no wonder . Slicks as well or street rubber ? Gaz - Why will a solid diff break shafts more easily - does it not mean that the power is split 100% equally? Spools spring to mind!! To my simple mind a 50-50 share of the power seems the best thing for the shafts...... I await enlightenment.......
KJ 1320 Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 I await enlightenment....... Don't worry Toby the "load of bollox" will be along shortly!
Guest MK1gaz Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Just for K.J. A locker puts the most strain on the shafts as it's got a savage take up from standstill as it's already locked (even when the cars standing still) . An L.S.D. won't lock until the wheels break traction so less strain as you'll be moving slighty , an A.T.B. won't ever lock solid as it hunts for the wheel with the most traction and transfers power between the 2 so this causes the least strain of all the diff types . If you do hard launches with for example a 120 bhp car with an open diff you won't break a shaft , fit an L.S.D and the risk goes up but not that much and you'll still not break one . Fit a locker and you will break them !!!!!!! .........
KJ 1320 Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 cheeRS Gaz I knew I could count on you!
Guest MK1gaz Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 cheeRS Gaz I knew I could count on you! glad to be of help . When i was a lad (during the War ) we never got paid much so all our motors had standard pintos from the scrappies . No one could afford an L.S.D so they welded up their standard diffs (locker) . Every fooooooking week without fail for years my mates would break shafts racing off the traffic lights until the day came when they bought a proper diff = no broken shafts anymore
emu Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 You can buy a lot of standard halfshafts for £415 + VAT
over_head_cam Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 You can buy a lot of standard halfshafts for £415 + VAT Lol.. ..very true champ
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