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I bent my shaft last night


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Was going too say on pavement that would be inpressive. Off road it comes from having a locker and suddenly gaining a lot of traction like bouncing a tire at max rev. Tire and axle stop, engine doesn't. Drive shaft or ring gear become weakest link.

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I watched that happen on a Brand-New F150 4x4 as the guy backed out of the parking stall, came to a proper stop, put it in drive and started an abortive drive forward.

 

Had I not been RIGHT THERE watching it happen, I would have never believed it was not some sort of Neutral Slam high-stall shock loading of the driveshaft incident.

 

Luckily I was there, as the plant manager was of the same mindset as I before I witnessed it fail under normal conditions!

 

Freaked the poor driver ALL OUT!

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