Yes.  Coincided with a broken tranny though . . .

Just this past week I was driving into Rochester, NY, from Virginia and lost all power due to the
bolts/splines breaking that connect the axle to the wheel (?) . . . aaarrgh

Marc Perdue

EMZ wrote:

>      One real easy question. Has anyone on the list ever broke
> or bent a haft shaft? I can see an advantage to the bigger cv
> joints but not a chance of bending or breaking the shaft! The transmission
> will break first.
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>             Eric                   86-VW4x4
>             vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
>             Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>             www.my.treeway.com/emz
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> On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, mark lortie wrote:
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> > I used to have a couple of old land rovers & the rear axles broke once in a while but it
> > wasnt a big thing cause you could slip them out through the wheel hub & use 2WD  to limp
> > home (wouldnt work in a syncro) . At first I thought it was another legendary english design
> > problem but upon reflection I realized  it was an inexpensive weak link in my drive train &
> > fixable in the field (I tried welding a few ... didnt last ).  Bottom line it saved my
> > tranny when working in low gear ratios . You may ask yourself what  you prefer to save .. A
> > syncro axle or a tranny .
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> > On the positive side . .. The land rover axles are encased & protected . The syncro axles
> > are not and I can easily see a shaf getting bent in the field by dropping onto a rock so a
> > heavy duty shaft could be of benefit .
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> > another $0.02 for the pot
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> > --
> > Mark J Lortie PhD
> > Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
> > UCSD School of Medicine
> > La Jolla CA.
> > 858-552-8585 x 7139
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