Well I went out last weekend to do Tellico's upper 2. About half way up a strange thing happened, I blew out a stub shaft. Which although doesent seem like it would be that uncommon on a front 44 when your running 38.5s, but what did seem strange to me is the way it broke. It did not take out the U-joint or the Hub fuse (hell I have been wheeling a year on the warn hub fuses and still havent broken one). Anyhow, here are some pics of the break, I think there was an internal bubble in the steel right where it broke, let me know what ya think.

http://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v2/4/97/93/30049793WwNJvLJInh_ph
http://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v2/4/98/18/30049818hNQEfDpreG_ph

Ahh fuck it, Webshots is being a pain in my arse.:mad:
I am gonna go drink :beer:

Take out the .jpg in your image. Webshots works fine when you do this!

Jeeper

different angles available at.
http://community.webshots.com/album/30049705ExxPvhGFzz

And yeah that is a playboy in the last pic, kudos to the man who can tell me what months issue that is. Ya gotta have shop porn.

Thanks for the tip Jeeper :smokin:

looks like they are just old azz shafts that eventually worked themselves to be the weak link

Looks like it`s mabe been developing a crack for some time due to the rust or stains in between the shiny areas.

I am like the rest. Unless the shaft got wet after you broke it looks like it has been working on breaking for some time..