went to the track today hoping to run a mid 14 without nos and break into the 13's with the nos. got to the staging light, and revved up. popped the clutch, and SNAP!!!!. axle broke. i have never heard of anyone snapping an axle with the amount of hp i have. i always thought it took over 300 hp to snap one like the pro racers do. anyways, the 2 inch part with the thread is stuck inside the tranny end. any ideas on how to get it out?? i thought maybe taking out both axled and using a small wooden dow and hammer the broken piece out form the other end might work. any ideas???? and the axle snapped clean off, i couldnt FUC_ING believe it. it was my first run too. Sucked major ***. anyways cost me 50 bucs to tow home and look like an *** pusing it down the side track. hehe let me know what oyu guys think. i need some help

 

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is your car lowered? if it is that puts extra stress on the axle, combine that with how hard on your car it is to drag race and snapping an axle seems minute to what I have seen happen to many cars.
to get it out: if you have the right tools you could do it, you would need a tap & die set and a drill with a half inch bit
1) drill in the end of the broken piece
2) tap 1/2" threads into the hole
3)screw a fairly long half inch bolt into the hole and use the bolt as leverage to pull it out of the hole

if this seems extreme to you I can't think of anyhting else as of right know but wiil look at my repair manual and see if I can come up with any beeter ideas

 

Well how much HP are you putting down to the track? You have to realize that the tracks are going to grip like mad bitches so.... I don't know, that is pretty odd depending on how much hp/torqueyou're putting down.

 

Or, what I would do is what you (thread starter) suggested, take the other axle out and use a punch to knock the piece of the broken axle out, asuming you have a stock differential..

 

were you running slicks?

 

running street tires, no NOs, just h22 with lsd, act street dius, extreme pres. plate, and fidanza light. flywheel and more mods. but i think those mods are the ones that rally matter with torque

 

act xtreme pressure plate OH boy, thats too much pressure plate, im surprised it hasnt chewed though your tranny yet

 

ok, my mistake. hte axle end broke off in the intermediate shatf, not the tranny. still ucked up. oh, by the way, i am signed on a different sn. it loolks like the only way is to drill into it and tap it out. any other ideas???

 

Whether it's broken at the intermediate shaft or the differential, I think the only way is going to be push or pull it from either end. Should be pretty easy once you remove the intermediate shaft.

 

hell no 4door. i pulled it, and i cant get anything through the other side. just one broken end piece laughing in my face. i think it needs to be tapped

 

got it out. had a friend at the import shop drill and tap it out for me. the end piece was fucked completely. you can see where the threads started to twist. looks kinda cool. im gonna keep it as a souvenier. hehe. lesson learned. dont launch at 6k rpms. thanks for the help guys

 

DAYUM 6k

 

wow! somebody actually took my advice.

 

WAHOOOO j/k

 

Dang. Are the splines on the, ummm, drive shaft socket okay?

 

yeah, 4 door, the spines are ok, the male end piece is twisted as hell. looks cool. thanks for the ideas urban, lucky i didnt have to tap it myself, woulda been real fun. hehe. anyways, car is running again. i think ill try the track just one more time, seeing as how i bever got to make the first run. ill make sure to dump it at maybe 2.5k rpm next time. hehe latas guys.

 

That's funny, the same exact thing happened to me. Only it broke at the top of first gear. I was running street tires as well. I have a 92 accord with a 95 H22 and just intake, headers, exhaust. My axle broke exactly where yours broke, right at the intermediate shaft. I ended up doing what you did to get out the broken piece, only i had to do the repairs at the track. Thank goodness for some friendly pros for some assistance.

 

where did you come up wiht a new axle at the track??? you have a spare one ready?? hehe. my *** had to push the sorry car down the side road of the track. 1/4 a freaking mile!!!!!!!! i was so tired, i was like **** it. call the tow truck. lol

 

I was luck enough to find a Pep Boys that had one. A friend of mine is roomates with the manager there and he called and lucky for me they had one. They even took my broken one as a core. I dare not to dragrace without putting at least an original Honda one in again. The one that broke wasn't O.E. and that was only my second time at the track with that one. It was a 2 day event, so I left the car there overnight and fixed it in the morning.