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pics of the shorn shaft



Looking at that shaft makes me agree that this is not rotational torque but
a lateral tension problem. The thought that comes to my little pea picken
mind is that since these are rebuilt shafts, they could have been over
torqued in a previous application. It would be really easy for some shop to
just pound the snot out of it with an impact hammer and send the customer
packing. Later that customer sends that shaft in as a core and you got it.
Sounds like a good case for rebuilding your own or just buying new ones.

Rick Alexander
http://www.brubakerbox.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>

> Hum...
> I don't get it cause it looks like it's not breaking the spline off,
> which is what I expected, but just pulling the end of the shaft off
> where the retaining clip is.
> So, it's not a twisting force breaking it off, but a tension force.
> Sounds like the inner joint lateral travel is being used up (engine not
> in the right place, shaft from the wrong car and a little short??) and
> pulling the shaft.
> Really strange.
> Dan