Were those OEM shafts or EMPI?  I haven't heard of the OEM ones snapping,
but have with replacements, even new replacements.

>From: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
>Reply-To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Nutz...
>Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 01:52:13 -0500
>
>Or rather half shaftz.
>
>I did it again. I gunned the SVX engine on my Westy Syncro....running
>with the front wheels decoupled. And suddenly I didn't have any
>power. Once again, I was only about 1 1/2 mile from my house so I
>engaged the rear diff lock and limped home.
>
>Last time I had grenaded a CV joint on the right rear (outside) .
>This time I sheared the axle cleanly on the left rear (inside).
>
>Of course I was planning on hitting the road for a trip in about 2
>hours....instead I was lubing up the CVs in a replacement half shaft
>and swapping it in. Got on the road a couple of hours later than
>planned.
>
>'Tis a dangerous thing to have lots of power in a Vanagon....

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