big_wasa
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 12:21 PM |
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How easy to brake an halfshaft ?
As title really I am about to stick my atlas axle on ebay. It needs a new bearing and wonderd if I would be aswell keeping the half shafts just incase
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165 bhp zetec through a capri atlas axle.
cheers
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blakep82
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 12:24 PM |
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i don't think its particularly easy. i think the half shafts were the same across the capri range, so should be good for the 3ltr capris (i
think some 2.8s had a bigger diameter half shaft)
think you'll be fine with the zetec. think the gearbox will give up before the half shaft 
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big_wasa
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 12:30 PM |
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Nah its a mt75
I will plop it on complete.
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blakep82
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 12:33 PM |
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ah, cool. either way, i think they're pretty solid. i've got a pair of standard capri ones hanging about if you ever need them.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 02:08 PM |
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I've done it, I've done it!! (Took alot of torque, big tyres and quite a few goes before one gave in though!)
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Werner Van Loock
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 02:26 PM |
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they can also bend when you hit something sideways
http://www.clubstylus.be
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britishtrident
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 02:46 PM |
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They fatigue at the end of splines due the combination of a sharp feature and load reversals, higher loads drastically reduce the number of load
reversal cycles a shaft will take before it fails.
The one thing that also drastically reduce the life of a shaft is if some well intentioned idiot tack welds the bearing retainer ring on as this
provides another stress raiser and hard spot that a fatigue crack can grow from.
[Edited on 26/7/09 by britishtrident]
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prawnabie
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 05:31 PM |
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Im glad I didn't put a few spots of weld on mine now!
(not that i have a chance of breaking one mind lol)
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big_wasa
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 06:40 PM |
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I picked up a really nice axle from ns dev, it had only done 55K with history. So I think I will risk it and get shot off the other.
Thanks all.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 28/7/09 at 07:08 AM |
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Yea you won't break a shaft on an atlas in a 7, they are too light.
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