Thread: Deflection shields (not to protect against the Klingons)

Most of the racing crowd use a yoke of one sort or another around the tail shaft in case of failure.
It should be feasible, taking note of the clearance needed for extreme articulation.

The commercial Chev Ute - [like the Suburban, but the poverty pack that was used for ambulances a few years ago], had a section of flat steel about 2cm wide bolted under the body, acting as a yoke around the tail shaft - in case it broke at the diff end.

The flat U shaped yoke had a bolt on each end securing it, so if it was knocked, it could swing / pivot on those bolts without damaging anything. I suppose you could do a similar thing & invert it so it stops the gearbox end of the shaft flicking up.

Yep cant see why a tail shaft loop style thinomagig couldent be fasioned up to save the slush box from damage

Originally Posted by lokka

Yep cant see why a tail shaft loop style thinomagig couldent be fasioned up to save the slush box from damage

Cool I might get a couple of pairs of steel undies at the same time. (whilst the welder is out)

Originally Posted by dobbo

Cool I might get a couple of pairs of steel undies at the same time. (whilst the welder is out)

Yep can be arranged

check out some japanese light trucks with the extension drive shafts ( long trays) they usually have them as standard,
there was a mob in that advertised them in one of the off road mags a few years ago.

remember years ago reading of a horrifying front uni failure in a holden out west, dropped the driveshaft, it dug into the dirt and flipped the car, they all died of course.


john

Did this some years ago. Was underneath the 2A & thought, "Wtf if the front joint on the rear shaft lets go?"

A bit of 1/2 steel rod with some flats welded to the end & bolted up, I had a mod that wouldn't allow it to drop onto the road & do a "leap frog".

Never used but good insurance.

I agree, we use loops/bands of steel around tractor PTO shafts in case of failure, these can have quite a bit more momentum than a prop shaft. Only ever had one shaft fail, and the loop stopped it from futher damageing the implement and tractor.
Pretty easy to put together, a piece of rod or flat bent to a circle and secured properly will do the trick.