Weak Rear Axles
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Drifting
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Weak Rear Axles
Well I guess my axles twisted and ended up snapping not too long ago, so I replaced them with some solid C5 z06 rear axles. Anyone know if this is just a one year thing with the 05s that they are hollow or is it all c6s? I think it's the axles that I snapped I don't quite remember exactly what he said. Make sense to anyone?
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Well I guess my axles twisted and ended up snapping not too long ago, so I replaced them with some solid C5 z06 rear axles. Anyone know if this is just a one year thing with the 05s that they are hollow or is it all c6s? I think it's the axles that I snapped I don't quite remember exactly what he said. Make sense to anyone?
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I believe that all the C5's and C6's have solid axles. I believe they changed the design of the CV joints with the C6 and they turned out to be weaker then the design used in the C5. Changes were made in the C6 CV joint design.
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