Mike,
I've never seen a kingpin or a stub axle break. I'd think at a track
like Grattan we're loading everything enough to break, but haven't seen
it happen.
Now rear axles... that's another story. Your truly holds the head gasket
and rear axle records....
WST
Mike Gigante wrote:
> <snip>BTW, has anyone else had a kingpin break? I had one shear off at
> the base
> in the middle of qualifying at the annual 6 Hour relay race. It was
> the
> outside front and collapsed in the middle of a 3rd gear off camber
> turn at
> Winton.
> The kingpin was only 5 meetings old!!! The fracture site showed a
> crack
> growth to about 30% of diameter then plastic failure. I'd guess a
> machining
> error that left a sharp edge at the end of the radius (from base to
> shaft).
>
> It was an interesting ride! Over the ripple strip, into the sand trap.
> Bent
> trunnion bolt, lever arm shock was ruined, rack was ripped off one
> mount,
> stuffed the beautiful new flare on that side (1st time out!). I drove
> back
> to
> Melbourne that afternoon and returned with all the bits required to
> rebuild
> the front end and race the next day. Lucky I had managed to complete
> my
> required 10 laps of qualifying!
>
> Mike
>
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> --------------------------------------
> Mike Gigante mikeg@vicnet.net.au
>
> Watsons Creek Vineyard
> http://www.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Black Bart <blackbart@thicko.com>
> To: Roger Garnett <rwg1@cornell.edu>; gerrybraz@worldnet.att.net
> <gerrybraz@worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: Thick Heads <team-thicko@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 1997 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Merry Christmas
>
> >Gerry, take a look at Mike G's web page...you will see that screamer.
>
> >(they all look like screamers down under...love flairs MUCH?)
> >Gary
> >
> >
> >At 06:11 PM 12/29/97 -500, Roger Garnett wrote:
> >>On 29 Dec 97 at 18:01, Gerald Brazil wrote:
> >>
> >>> Roger, are we talking about the same car? Dr. J's is Frog Green
> and
> yellow.
> >>
> >>No, I'm talking about Mike G's Sprite down under! Got there from CA
> a
> couple
> >>years back.
> >>
> >>rg
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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