hey how often have any of you guys broken a cv shaft. i broke mine wedensday. it broke right where the shaft meets the gears at the tire.

 

Which car do you have?

nm G5

Not sure how common this is

 

Looks like he has a G5, Is it a GT?

 

no it is just a g5 with a 5 speed

 

did you drop the clutch? or try to do a burnout?

 

**** both of them

but i have done it many times before. so i dont think that was it

 

Ha, yeah, that was it. Its called wear and tear.

 

yes, that is it. Don't do either if you don't want to keep replacing cv joints. I knew exactly what the problem was before I asked, but wanted to give the benefit of the doubt. The problem is wheel hop, and/or putting too much strain by dropping the clutch.

 

he proves this every day at school when he's in the parking lot before and after lunch... : case in point its snowing and has no tires left on it and just had the cv shaft replaced... lose lose situation

 

He keeps complaining about breaking stuff. Now he says his tranny is whining and I told him if he stops blowing it, it will stop whining and leave.

But the thing is, you don't know how to treat your car. You act like it's fast when it has a little 2.4 and you hot rod it around. You act like it's a corvette and nobody thinks your cool. If you keep hot rodding it it's going to keep breaking.