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Old Oct 20, 2014 | 12:34 PM
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So, I'm always preaching to my c6z friends to buy c5 halfshafts because they are so much better. Yesterday at the track this happened. Prob didn't help my case. Haha. I talked to the owner of RPM last night and he said he has never seen a c5 shaft break there. That's my luck....
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Old Oct 20, 2014 | 08:46 PM
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Did it do any damage other than the axle?
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 09:15 PM
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Can't get the broken sleeve off at all. Off to rpm it goes. Ugh
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