Got Torque?

[farmtruc]

You'll never guess, haha, ya right!!

I was going on the same highway and same hill just before my exit and my damn shaft broke again.

This pretty much explains it all. What do i do now? This is getting pretty old.









allen

[Domeskilla]

damn..

[6gear]

Sorry to hear about your bad luck, I guess this means you still had the vibrations problem? Do they make an aluminum shaft for our trucks? I hope you get this figured out pretty soon because I would like to learn from your mistakes.

[99 red silver]

Sorry to hear about that. Allen what are you planning on now? 1" wall steel or solid shaft or detuning motor to 4 banger or remove lead for shoe.j/k. Man I hate that for you. Your truck is reg. cab. You are scaring me with as long as my drive tran is. Good luck keep us informed.

[1BADHD]

WTF are you doing to snap drive shafts? That LS1 isnt putting that much torque to the ground! I see Durmaxes launches hard and they dont have any problem. And they are probably pushing 600 ft/lbs+ on launch. You need to look in to a HD aluminum drive shaft.

[Domeskilla]

it doesnt.. but lets recap.. he has a built tranny (they engauge quicker/harder), stickier tires and its 4000+ lbs over the 3500 of the camaro. Also, he can't aluminum, I believe the place said they dont feel safe making one the length he needs.

[GMCwantsLS1]

IMO the drive shaft is too long for the gear ratio. Need different gears or two pice drive shaft. The kill keeps happening at highway speed so I doubt too much torque, that would kill at launch. Biger diameter driveshaft should also work. I'm determined as much as Allen to find the fix this time!!

[1BADHD]

What is to long? My extended bab is a one piece. And all trucks 01 and newer come with a one piece shaft. He has a short bed right?

[farmtruc]

I'm so ruined now, everytime i drive my truck i'm just waiting for that shaft to explode. I rarely get on it any more cuase of this.
I know i'm not putting more than 400ft/lbs down, plus most f-body's are making more than i am, so i'm sure the shaft is strong enuff, something else is going on.
I've heard about the harmonics and frequency of a shaft, and the critical speed thing. My vibration was there around 80mph but cleared out at 100mph. kind of wierd.
Denny'sDriveshaft told me with the steep gears i have, that would cause some problems if i don't go with a big diamter shaft or a strong enuf one.
I just called drive shafts unlimited and they are going to replace it, i'll keep using theirs until i can buy the $500 dollar one from denny's., plus it takes like 6weeks to get it in. I'll just go very slow and drive the motorcylce as much as i can. I'll probably end up going with their 4" diameter, they said that wolud help.

I guess it's time to install a shaft loop this time, hehahaha. it scars the sh!t out of me when it breaks, i don't know what kind of damage it did, i'll look tonight.

Anymore thoughts on the shaft thing? I really want to find out what's going on.


thanks for the input,

allen

[farmtruc]

Originally posted by 1BADHD@Jul 8 2003, 10:12 AM
What is to long? My extended bab is a one piece. And all trucks 01 and newer come with a one piece shaft. He has a short bed right?

Ya, i have a short bed, that's why it kind of seems wrong that someone would say mine is too long. it's like 61" and yours i think is like 80something.

maybe a bigger diameter will help.