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  1. 28th August 2009, 05:40 PM #1
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    twisted tail shaft...wt???

    Hi Guys

    was just wondering ..l saw this on another forum and was just wondering if some of you could enlighten me ....

    Ive never seen a twisted tail shaft before the only one Ive seen are at the joint ...was just wondering how much force would it actually take to cause this to be literary twisted in two before the joint would give way?...and would there have been existing damage to cause this to happen so easily





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  2. 28th August 2009, 05:43 PM #2
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    its actually really easy to do, you just have to dint the tail shaft in the right spot....ask redback
    or have a monster amount of HP and Nm

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  3. 28th August 2009, 06:35 PM #3
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    I'll second that. IT also happens if they goof the weld on the tube and introduce a thin spot in the metal.
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    interesting, thus far quite normal ...ive just never seen them do that then ....
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  5. 28th August 2009, 08:42 PM #5
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    Or this from one of the GC guys a few weeks ago




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  6. 28th August 2009, 08:49 PM #6
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    Hi been there, done that, ding the shaft, then apply lots of throttle. easy. regards
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    no damage

    the pic from the gold coast club is my bro's rangie there was no damage before this happened , just plenty of pedal and a bit of wheel skip and their you have it , we where very shocked it was the tail shaft and the maxi drive as we found the maxis brake under little pressure.
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  8. 29th August 2009, 08:25 AM #8
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    Maxi Drives don't break under little pressure. You actually have to abuse them to break them. I saw the Vid of you blokes going at that rock face, and that can be easily considered abuse. Airborne rear end with 35's and plenty of right foot on solid rock, wouldn't be surprised if your brother also has a twisted axle as well.

    Must admit it's very entertaining to watch, keep up the good work
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    problem is

    problem is every time a maxi broke it was driving into ormeau , didn't even get time to do anything , facts are broken maxi $2500.00 of paper Waite . Fact. talk to most comp driver they have all broken them that is the reason they run nissan diffs . If you go hard enough you will brake anything , don't be mislead they are a great diff if you only have light mods and don't do any major comps
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  10. 29th August 2009, 02:48 PM #10
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    I have seen tailshafts in heavy trucks twisted like a licorice stick. Usually does lots of $$$ ancillary damage. Lots of weight, lots of grunt and crawler gears. Once had a customer with an 8V92TA, RT12510 Road Ranger, Spicer 1241C air-shift auxiliary trans. who twisted up the intermediate shaft between the two trannys. Had a custom built heavy duty one made against recommendations. Then found out why the trans. manufacturers specified the weaker one. It was the fusible link. Next time out with a big swinger on he busted the ass end out of the Road Ranger.
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