And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Broke a U-joint? It kind of looks like the shaft dug in and popped the axle - or maybe it was so much reactive torque it broke the u-bolts? If the rear-end had given out it would have just sheared out the ring/pinon set or spun an axle.
Right! As the. front U- joint failed it dug in, rotated the rear end breaking the U- bolts and spring shackles and freeing the whole rear end. That's why they make U straps to catch the drive shaft. Lack of a cheap part cost a lot of money. Bubbarust
As someone who owned several 1960's B bodies, it was rather easy to soup the engines up back then to exceed the rest of the car altogether. Drum brakes would overheat and glaze, no stopping now! U-joint failures - typically at launch but not always - see above. Twisted axles (me, twice!). Positrac units turned into metal soup (again, me, twice!). Auto trannies (the ones with gears) trashed and the innards turned to slushed (I could yank and replace the trannie in under an hour - practice, practice, practice). If you had the 4-speed, better learn how to replace the clutch on a similar basis. Plenty of dumb teens spent all their money on under the hood stuff while neglecting the rest of the car, ended up paying the price later. Keep it stock is now my motto, many decades too late.
OK, what happened there?
ReplyDeleteLooks like the whole ass end came out, but why?
Worked on the engine, forgot leg day.
DeleteYabbut look at the money he saved on that cheap 4-link.
DeleteSomebody forgot to fill up the differential perhaps?
ReplyDeleteBroke a U-joint? It kind of looks like the shaft dug in and popped the axle - or maybe it was so much reactive torque it broke the u-bolts? If the rear-end had given out it would have just sheared out the ring/pinon set or spun an axle.
ReplyDeleteRight! As the. front U- joint failed it dug in, rotated the rear end breaking
Deletethe U- bolts and spring shackles and freeing the whole rear end. That's why
they make U straps to catch the drive shaft. Lack of a cheap part cost
a lot of money.
Bubbarust
No smoking weed when you're putting it back together.
ReplyDeleteWhatever... MOPUD.
ReplyDeleteOh look, a jealous FUDD driver.
DeleteThat nice little crash at the end probably bent the frame.
ReplyDeleteA bodies are unibody chassis....
DeleteAs someone who owned several 1960's B bodies, it was rather easy to soup the engines up back then to exceed the rest of the car altogether. Drum brakes would overheat and glaze, no stopping now! U-joint failures - typically at launch but not always - see above. Twisted axles (me, twice!). Positrac units turned into metal soup (again, me, twice!). Auto trannies (the ones with gears) trashed and the innards turned to slushed (I could yank and replace the trannie in under an hour - practice, practice, practice). If you had the 4-speed, better learn how to replace the clutch on a similar basis. Plenty of dumb teens spent all their money on under the hood stuff while neglecting the rest of the car, ended up paying the price later. Keep it stock is now my motto, many decades too late.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet it was fun back then...
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