what are you guys' experiences w/ broken axles, physically, where on the axle do they usually break at? the cv joints?

 

inside the tranny, at the axle cups, at the hub.........

 

is the axle cup the housing for the cv joint?

 

i have never in my life seen a broken honda axle, not enough torque.

 

ive seen the inner axles break right where it goes into the tranny, so the metal peice got stuck inside the tranny. seen the exact same thing happen but on the hub side. seen the joint itself just strip

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by trickedca &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have never in my life seen a broken honda axle, not enough torque.</TD></TR></TABLE>

get rid of the HF then.

 

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get rid of the HF then.</TD></TR></TABLE>

LMAO!!

 

if they break in the tranny, how do you get the broken piece out?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hatch4urSnatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if they break in the tranny, how do you get the broken piece out? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Depends on what kind of diff. you have and where they break. Visegrips if theres a nub, if the diff is open, you can pull the other axle and punch it through, or a carbide drill bit and an easy out...

 

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Depends on what kind of diff. you have and where they break. Visegrips if theres a nub, if the diff is open, you can pull the other axle and punch it through, or a carbide drill bit and an easy out...</TD></TR></TABLE>

if they break in a Quaife, do i have to follow the same procedures to get the broken part out?

 

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if they break in a Quaife, do i have to follow the same procedures to get the broken part out? </TD></TR></TABLE>

The quaife does have a hole in the middle that you can use a punch and knock it out from the other side.

 

Ive broken two shafts (both OEM Honda) one outer joint (DSS II) and one inner cup (OEM)

 

thanks for the info.

also, what axles would you recommend for 400-500 whp?

 

I have broken actual outer shafts, inner splines, the tripod bearing in the inner cup, hell they break all over the place.

 

I've shattered a number of tripods and bearings but really havent twisted an axle off yet. Guess i'm not trying hard enough.

 

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also, what axles would you recommend for 400-500 whp?</TD></TR></TABLE>

driveshaft shop stage 2 and 3 if you can afford it.

 

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driveshaft shop stage 2 and 3 if you can afford it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

there have been numerous threads re: people breaking stage, i believe, just about every stage of DSS there is.

 

Here is a picture that I took with my cell phone at the track one day after my frined broke this dss stage 2 axle on his prelude..



Again the quality sucks because it was taken with my cell phone..

Adi



Modified by newgsr at 1:12 PM 9/30/2003