Andy,
I've heard that Worldwide does not accept shocks rebuilt by Apple to
rebuild as Apple does something to them that doesn't work with their
rebuild method. Be sure to ask about that beforehand to save you some time.
Concerning the halfshaft failure: What type of upgraded shaft did you
break? The ones that I'm familiar with claim to use a better, modern
grade of steel that is heat-treated properly. They also decrease the
actual shaft diameter to make it smaller than the inner diameter of the
splines which is supposed to move the weakest area back into the shaft
away from the splines allowing the shaft to wind up a bit to keep from
snapping I really don't understand what all of the T series racers do
to eliminate that problem. One would think that racing would be more
damaging to the axle shafts since their engines are putting out much
more power than stock and of course they are driven harder.
Anyone else have any comments?
Charlie
Parkinson,Ron wrote:
>Andy,
>
>I used Apple also but the shock place everyone seems to recommend is:
>
>World Wide Auto Parts of Madison, Inc.
>2517 Seiferth Rd. - Madison, WI 53716
>Local (608) 223-9400 - Fax (608) 223-9403 - WATS (800) 362-1025
>Business Hours
>Monday - Friday 8am - 5:30pm CST
>Closed Saturday and Sunday
>
> Their web site is: http://www.nosimport.com/?
>
>Very sorry about your loss. There is an upgraded axel on ebay
>currently. If the price is a little better maybe it will help take some
>of the sting out.
>
>Ron Parkinson
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: drmoyce [mailto:drmoyce@ent-oakland.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:04 PM
>To: mg-t@autox.team.net
>Subject: Broken axels and damper malfunction
>
>Just rode in the cab of a flatbed to bring the TD home from 250 miles
>away, with a broken rear half shaft. This is the second one for me,
>which is more distressing since after the last one I replaced both half
>shafts with the upgraded, stronger aftermarket parts.
>
>We were driving on twisty mountainous roads which had lots of potholes,
>as well as long downhills requiring 3d gear to keep the brakes from
>overheating. Before the trip I had noticed that one of my rear dampers
>was leaking . . . they were all rebuilt by Apple Hydraulics about 6
>years and almost 30,000 miles ago. Around uphill hairpin turns there
>was a lot of jumping of the rear end over the rough roads, which
>probably weakened the axel. Downshifting on the downhills probably did
>it in by reversing the torque.
>
>I'll replace the half shaft and send the damper in to be re-rebuilt (I
>recall there is an alternative to Apple; anyone have the address?)
>
>My question is how to assess the condition of the remaining 3 dampers.
>I don't have any sophisticated gauges to measure resistance, and my
>foot-on-the-bumper test is inconclusive, since it seems that all 4
>corners rock a second time after releasing.
>
>Andy Moyce
>52 TD, grounded for now
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