To: | <spridgets@autox.team.net> |
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Subject: | Re: more breaking axles |
From: | "Geoffrey P. Muttart" <gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca> |
Date: | Fri, 23 Apr 1999 17:17:15 -0300 |
References: | <v03007804b346599e859b@[152.16.66.60]> |
Reply-to: | "Geoffrey P. Muttart" <gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca> |
Sender: | owner-spridgets@autox.team.net |
Snip > They break regardless of engine tune or tires. They tend to break most when > starting out slow from a stop while taking a turn. It's a weird sensation > when they break, you really think you've blown the tranny at first until > you see that driveshaft spinning. > Robert > http://www.woozy.com/midget > My experience is the same as Robert's (including the fright!). It happened to me once when I was pulling away from a stop sign, up a slight grade & turning at the same time. Luckily I had a friend with a spare shaft - the prices for a new one from the usual suspects were pretty frightening! Geoff Muttart Bugeye Sprite Nova Scotia, Canada |
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