>I suspect the problem is "cheap replacement parts". None of our motors, not
>even a stock-ish V6, should put out enough torque to tear up a rotoflex. I
>bought the QH (ugh?) type and have had no problems with 12k of street
>driving and 3 vintage race weekends.
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You may be correct, but all I know is that I used the same "replacements,
(QH)" on all my cars. The ones in the GT6+ are still in there after eight
years and several thousands of miles, with no serious cracks or
separations, but the Spit's would fail after several months of use - All
things being equal I contend that the replacements weren't up to the task
at hand, and fixed the problem by replacing the joint with ones that could
handle the torque. Granted there *may* be sturdier ones used for formula
Fords and such as seen in several of the racing publications, but at over
$90 apiece, I didn't want to take the chance. Anyway, I figured it would
be less costly and EASIER in the long run (for me) to just replace them
with something else - As it turns out, the setup I have now is FAR EASIER
to disassemble and repair than the old rubber doughnuts, ( I can have a
complete axle setup on the bench in about 10 to 15 minutes) but as yet I
haven't had to replace anything :-)
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)
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