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Old Jan 1, 2020 | 02:35 PM
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Driveshaft tore in half?

Stock 350 tpi... this happened when I put the car in gear and went to take off? Everyone says they never seen this


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Old Jan 1, 2020 | 02:57 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

Oh well... ..it happens.

Probably had a ding or something that grew over time until it failed.
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Old Jan 1, 2020 | 03:21 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

It does look quite rust pitted...
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Old Jan 1, 2020 | 03:35 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

Wow...
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Old Jan 1, 2020 | 04:06 PM
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Awesome. That's a keeper as a garage wall art.
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Old Jan 1, 2020 | 04:16 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

Great, now I feel left out that I've never broken a driveshaft. I killed a flex plate, does that count?
I need to ask Mr Owl how many neutral drops it takes to shred a stock steel driveshaft.
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Old Jan 1, 2020 | 09:59 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

damn! impressive destruction..

..hey randy, if you want to buy a driveshaft, let me know. I assume you are in New JErsey. I live in North Jersey by Hackettstown and I removed my OEM driveshaft from my 1987 IROC back in march 2019. It was behind a 700r4 and mated to the stock 10 bolt. It never gave me any problems; I took it out because I installed a Moser 12 bolt rear axle and a built-to-order Driveshaft from Dennys Driveshafts capable of holding big power. If you want to buy my old one, I' will sell it to you super cheap since you are a TGO member in need.


let me know

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Old Jan 2, 2020 | 07:42 AM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

Originally Posted by IROCZman15
damn! impressive destruction..

..hey randy, if you want to buy a driveshaft, let me know. I assume you are in New JErsey. I live in North Jersey by Hackettstown and I removed my OEM driveshaft from my 1987 IROC back in march 2019. It was behind a 700r4 and mated to the stock 10 bolt. It never gave me any problems; I took it out because I installed a Moser 12 bolt rear axle and a built-to-order Driveshaft from Dennys Driveshafts capable of holding big power. If you want to buy my old one, I' will sell it to you super cheap since you are a TGO member in need.


let me know
That's a bit far from me as I'm near Toms river, so I'm going to look closer to me first. Worst case I'll make sure to PM you. May be buying one cheap near me today, but I'm currently at work.
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Old Jan 2, 2020 | 02:58 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

sounds good dude. no worries at all. just figured I would offer it to ya. best of luck going forward
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Old Jan 2, 2020 | 10:51 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

You just had to install that flux capacitor, didn't you?
Now every time you hit 88 mph, you get to replace your driveshaft.

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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 05:01 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

I got a good name for that driveshaft............. Rusty.
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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 07:36 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

loooks like I will be meeting up with RandyNj tomorrow to sell him my driveshaft. It will serve him better than its doing just sitting down in my basement storage area.
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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 07:52 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

Originally Posted by IROCZman15
loooks like I will be meeting up with RandyNj tomorrow to sell him my driveshaft. It will serve him better than its doing just sitting down in my basement storage area.
Huge help! Anything is better than the snapped driveshaft I have
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Old Jan 7, 2020 | 08:23 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

good luck with the new driveshaft. let me know how it works for ya
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Old Jan 7, 2020 | 08:24 PM
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Re: Driveshaft tore in half?

Originally Posted by IROCZman15
good luck with the new driveshaft. let me know how it works for ya
Will do, thanks again. Plan is to have it in sometime tomorrow or over the weekend.
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