Half Shafts - Dimension?

[Bernie Benz]

Wow! A very special case! Wheel(s) spinning on ice, maybe 60MPH  
equivilent? Full 2nd gear torque and engine inertia applied. Next  
instant the tire skidding on dry pavement! The ultimate drive line  
shock!  Drive shafts are expendable!

Bernie


On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:36 AM, YBK wrote:

> Stripped inboard splines while driving uphill on ice and snow under  
> full power in TO facility last January. This is after several years  
> doing exactly the same every winter school.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
> Date: Monday, Jan 19, 2009 1:11 pm
> Subject: Re: Half Shafts - Dimension?
> To: YBK <ybk at dongames.net>
> CC: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
>
> Really! Shaft failed? Shaft broke in two, or stripped the inboard
> spline? Tell more!
>
> Bernie
>
>
> On Jan 19, 2009, at 9:53 AM, YBK wrote:
>
>> Bernie,
>>
>> Please stop being unreasonable.
>>
>> The shafts do fail. Mine failed on INNER side and I left with zero
>> wheel drive. I had to purchase a used shaft with inner join and
>> reuse my outer.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
>> Date: Sunday, Jan 18, 2009 10:17 pm
>> Subject: Re: Half Shafts - Dimension?
>> To: "Gary Anderson" <wanemardo at comcast.net>
>> CC: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
>>
>> Was your new shaft an exchange shaft assembly, in which the new shaft
>> is not your old shaft?  Why, Oh why would you risk such a swap?
>> Shafts don’t wear out! Inner CVs don’t wear out! Outer CVs seldom
>> wear out, short of long term boot failure. Did you really need
>> anything more than a new boot? You are asking for a dimension
>> including the spline slip variable distance. Huh!
>>
>> Next time use this great resource, don’t just lurk! And DIY.
>>
>> Bernie
>>
>>
>> On Jan 18, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Gary Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> A short note from one of the lurkers here.
>>>
>>> Just had a left front half shaft rebuilt at a local area driveline
>>> shop, new
>>> joints & boots at both ends.
>>>
>>> Seems cores half shafts for our 200-20v cars are not readily
>>> available
>>> anymore.
>>>
>>> Ours are rebuildable if you provide yours as a core, joint parts
>>> are catalog
>>> items.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Installation isn't going so well, seems I cannot get the ball joint
>>> stud
>>> lined up with the strut housing to make the lower connection.
>>>
>>> I appears to be about half the stud diameter, or about 1/4"-3/8"
>>> offset.
>>>
>>> The half shaft is tight, and as compressed as much as I can make it
>>> without
>>> a BFH treatment.
>>>
>>> My present thinking is (for some reason) the rebuilt half shaft is
>>> now
>>> longer than original length.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So here's my question (if anyone has a spare) .
>>>
>>> How long is a half shaft, overall from the spline end to the inside
>>> end of
>>> the inner flange/joint surface, where it mated up to the  
>>> differential
>>> flange.
>>>
>>> I measure my rebuilt one at approx 24 1/8" for a reference.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on-line or off line appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance, Gary A.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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