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Old Dec 31, 2019 | 12:03 PM
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I recall someone saying that the Stock axles are hollow. Was curious when people snap stock axles, what point do they snap at?
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Old Jan 8, 2020 | 08:49 PM
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Bump...I’d like to know this too.
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Depends on power level and what you're doing with it. One of my customer broke one on a prepped surface with a 15" conversion and only 600whp.
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Engineering a drive shaft needs to be hollow to allow it to twist a little, I have seen video's of a ship's propeller shaft with over a 180 degree twist on full load pretty cool when you think about it.

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Originally Posted by Dane@LGmotorsports
Depends on power level and what you're doing with it. One of my customer broke one on a prepped surface with a 15" conversion and only 600whp.
yeah, curious what part of the Axle shaft breaks. do they snap at one of the ends or in the middle? Curious what the difference is between the stock axle shaft diameters ,metals, thickness compared to you DSS, Gefore axles.

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