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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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Sorry to hear you broke yesterday. Do we know what broke yet?
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Thanks Chris. My guess is output shaft or input shaft, one of those. No loss of fluid but lots of cluncky when I roll it. Dropped it off this morning at the The Vette Doctors.

Should have it opened up soon.
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Run 'em long enough and stuff breaks. I always seem to find the weak link when going rounds.

On another note -- the footage from yesterday is awesome. Well done.

One of these days, I'm going to make it to E-Town to race with you guys.
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Thanks.

I was struggling with holding it steady as I normally wear contacts and I was wearing my glasses and could not get a good view with the glasses on the eye cup. I need to get a bigger eye cup
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Do you have hardened shafts?
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yup but repeated 1.4 short times not very friendly to them
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Any guesstimates how many passes you have on the current shafts?
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Thanks Chris. My guess is output shaft or input shaft, one of those. No loss of fluid but lots of cluncky when I roll it. Dropped it off this morning at the The Vette Doctors.

Should have it opened up soon.
That sucks Edgar. Hope the Doctors get you "hooked" up again, quickly.
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Any guesstimates how many passes you have on the current shafts?
100 maybe...this one went unusually early
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The Red Sled is back home I take it?
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Not yet. I had no racing plans this weekend so there was no rush to get it done. Next week
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Not yet. I had no racing plans this weekend so there was no rush to get it done. Next week
Did the doctors finish their diagnosis yet? If so what was it, rear gears or one the shafts?
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