Chile Challenge Carnage Picts Vol. 2 - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

FrankenRover · 03-17-2002, 05:52 PM

These picts are supplements to the Chile Challenge Carnage picts posted by John P. They show the fubar innards of the Detroit locker after a halfshaft break. And some picts of the twisted (720 degrees, not greater than 1000 degrees as previously posted) halfshaft. Look carefully at the end of the shaft and you can easily see the twisted material. Also note the shaft broke right at the line of the heat treatment (interesting). Hope someone is interested in seeing these. The take home message here is: If you have a rear Detroit in a LR, do not break a halfshaft.

Blister

FrankenRover · 03-17-2002, 05:56 PM

More Detroit breakage:

FrankenRover · 03-17-2002, 05:58 PM

Even More Detroit breakage:

FrankenRover · 03-17-2002, 05:58 PM

More breakage:

FrankenRover · 03-17-2002, 05:59 PM

Twisted broken axle:

FrankenRover · 03-17-2002, 06:00 PM

More twisted broken axle:

FrankenRover · 03-17-2002, 06:01 PM

Final twisted broken axle

road1will · 03-17-2002, 06:11 PM

yowch but if you look at the busted axle, you can see it didnt break where the heat treating ends it broke where it is thinnest. physics rule again! be like me go D70 rear and dont break for the rest of yer life

FrankenRover · 03-17-2002, 06:25 PM

Nani, nani booboo. Mine is bigger than yours is.....

You cannot really see from the pict that there is another sharp black line of the heat treatment right at the breaking point. I would be interested to see if a D70 diff. would fit in the stock location in the rear of a NAS spec D90 and still clear the gas tank. This interference would be even worse if you move the axle back like Doug M. is doing. I think he is going to use a fuel cell in the bed instead?

Blister

merv · 03-18-2002, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BillnSandi
More breakage:

OUCH!
First thing Damien and I did when we got home was to check our rear shafts (We have detroits + ashcrofts also). Perfect. Whew! Ivor painted a line down mine for future reference.

Where to from here Bill? More Detroit or over to ARB?

Rover Addiction · 03-19-2002, 10:19 AM

Last I heard, he was going over to the darkside and getting an ARB. Especially after that superfast 1 hour ARB install!!!

-John

03-17-2002, 05:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
FrankenRover Registered - Active Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9461 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,766	Chile Challenge Carnage Picts Vol. 2 These picts are supplements to the Chile Challenge Carnage picts posted by John P. They show the fubar innards of the Detroit locker after a halfshaft break. And some picts of the twisted (720 degrees, not greater than 1000 degrees as previously posted) halfshaft. Look carefully at the end of the shaft and you can easily see the twisted material. Also note the shaft broke right at the line of the heat treatment (interesting). Hope someone is interested in seeing these. The take home message here is: If you have a rear Detroit in a LR, do not break a halfshaft. Blister Attached Images

03-17-2002, 05:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
FrankenRover Registered - Active Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9461 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,766	More Detroit breakage: Attached Images

03-17-2002, 05:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
FrankenRover Registered - Active Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9461 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,766	Even More Detroit breakage: Attached Images

03-17-2002, 05:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
FrankenRover Registered - Active Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9461 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,766	More breakage: Attached Images

03-17-2002, 05:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
FrankenRover Registered - Active Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9461 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,766	Twisted broken axle: Attached Images

03-17-2002, 06:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
FrankenRover Registered - Active Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9461 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,766	More twisted broken axle: Attached Images

03-17-2002, 06:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
FrankenRover Registered - Active Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9461 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,766	Final twisted broken axle Attached Images

03-17-2002, 06:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
road1will Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Member # 8871 Location: Cleveland Tennessee Posts: 3,344	yowch but if you look at the busted axle, you can see it didnt break where the heat treating ends it broke where it is thinnest. physics rule again! be like me go D70 rear and dont break for the rest of yer life

03-17-2002, 06:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
FrankenRover Registered - Active Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9461 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,766	Nani, nani booboo. Mine is bigger than yours is..... You cannot really see from the pict that there is another sharp black line of the heat treatment right at the breaking point. I would be interested to see if a D70 diff. would fit in the stock location in the rear of a NAS spec D90 and still clear the gas tank. This interference would be even worse if you move the axle back like Doug M. is doing. I think he is going to use a fuel cell in the bed instead? Blister

03-19-2002, 10:19 AM	#11 (permalink)
Rover Addiction Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Member # 4749 Location: Erie, CO Posts: 975	Last I heard, he was going over to the darkside and getting an ARB. Especially after that superfast 1 hour ARB install!!! -John __________________ "All the parts falling off this truck are of the finest british craftsmanship."

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