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lowbudget50
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Throttle jockey!!
gene49
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That was a new shaft too! Looks like someone needs to learn how not to drive his big truck.
How is that even possible? Unreal. Jim
Bonehead
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I have twisted a few drivelines, the first was a monster jeep, doing wheelies on junk cars. All have been on 4x4s doing crazy stuff.
gene49
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Big HP. Big traction. High rpm. Sudden shock. They all take out the weakest point, in this case (and probably the last case), the driveshaft was the weak point. This is the kind of stuff that rips apart chassis, busts transmission cases, and rear axle housings.
When the entire weight of the truck is on the rear tires, and 1000+ HP is released suddenly, all at one time, something has to happen. You find the weakest part. Once that drive shaft started twisting, it didn't stop until it lost tooth engagement with the transmission (or transfer case) output shaft splines and fell out of it.
It probably didn't take more then a couple seconds!
Its all fun and games until you are the guy that has to pay to fix it.
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smallfoot
He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
I like Trosley's artwork.
Oh, Wilma !
Oh, Wilma !
earthman
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26Troadster
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never twisted one like that, but i sure have snapped the splined shafts on them.
gene49
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Its hard to do burnouts with a big dually truck.
earthman
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Big job. Looks kinda iffy but what could go wrong in San Francisco?
gene49
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Waiting for the boys to put the axle and trailer tongue on the camping trailer for the old Chevy sedan?Big job. Looks kinda iffy but what could go wrong in San Francisco?
earthman
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So knowing that San Francisco is prone to earthquakes.....whose idea was this?
I read an article last night about the house. I guess they wanted to build some thing else on the property and instead of knocking the houses down they moved them. I'll see if I can find the article. Jim
Neto
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When I was a kid back in Oklahoma, we often saw houses going down the road. Always had a guy riding on top, with a pole to push up the power lines. But I don't think I ever saw a two story one going through. Common house style was 'ranch' (single level). You want to leave room over the top for the tornadoes to go over.
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