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Friday BIR incident.

http://www.dragzine.com/news/video-t...e-in-brainerd/

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Wow-- broken axle perhaps??? Lucky no one was run over. There's always several starting line crew standing in that area. FED 387

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Was watching it on Allaccess and saw that happen. All things considering it could have been worse. Glad the driver was ok. When I saw this happen though it hit home. 2 weeks ago we were planning to go to the Seattle divisional race. Was looking at my log books and realized I had 120 runs on the gear set. Decided to check them and noticed a couple of cracks. So was going to put in a new set. When I pulled out my left axle to my surprise (and shock) I found a twisted axle spline. I hate to think what might of happened if I hadn't checked it. Needless to say I have new axles ordered. And I'm updating to a 35 from 33 spline. http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n...psmoqzrtsg.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n...pse2drnrua.jpg

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smart move on your part---take a look at your axles every so often they will get an ever so slight "twist" in them especially the smaller diameter axles 28-31-33- some times a 35 too-- depends on the weight and power level range you are operating in your's definitely looks like it wants to break SOON---

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Just for my own information, why ddin't the axle splines slide all the way in?

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That's the way I got them from Strange years ago. I have Mark Williams axles on order.

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Thank you.

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Looking at the wear pattern I'd say they did go all the way into the gears. The splined area just happens to be a little longer.

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It is possible the axles are designed for multiple applications and some may be deeper.