Axle braking point
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From: Gainesville, FL
Originally Posted by victory_red_SS
The way I read the following article disagrees with the above statement. The article is straight off of Quaife America's website.
exactly, what i was saying was that it chews up the internals on an open diff, not on a LSD
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I understand that there are a number of factors that can cause the axles to break. My questions is what steps can be done to avoid breaking the axles when going to the track? Obviously there is no garuntee, but I'm sure things can be done to help prevent this from happening.
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From: Beaver, PA (outside Pittsburgh)
Originally Posted by joeworkstoohard
basically... wheel hop is caused by one of two things.
one. the car is so powerful that the wheel shoots itself upwards as that has less resistance than forward.
two. the engine twists so hard when launching that it actually changes the angle of the tranny for a second and then it slams back down just to happen again.
basically, when either or both of these happen, the whole system is taking a series of shocks that are really not what they are designed for. stronger axles help... but all that does is place the shock somewhere else. thats why those nutjobs that drag elipse GSXs often have one or two spare trannys just laying around.
one. the car is so powerful that the wheel shoots itself upwards as that has less resistance than forward.
two. the engine twists so hard when launching that it actually changes the angle of the tranny for a second and then it slams back down just to happen again.
basically, when either or both of these happen, the whole system is taking a series of shocks that are really not what they are designed for. stronger axles help... but all that does is place the shock somewhere else. thats why those nutjobs that drag elipse GSXs often have one or two spare trannys just laying around.
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From: Lyons
Originally Posted by Rusty
I understand that there are a number of factors that can cause the axles to break. My questions is what steps can be done to avoid breaking the axles when going to the track? Obviously there is no garuntee, but I'm sure things can be done to help prevent this from happening.
One, launching easy.
Two, no full power shifts.
Three, no slicks/burnouts.
Those three things are what shock the transmission HARD. When I had my stock rear I was considering putting slicks on it. I got told not to because even at my stock power level a few hard launches woudl destroy it. I kept my stock trans till I was at the 400WPH mark then upgraded it to a eaton unit. IT's basically the same thigns for your Cobalt's axles.
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