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| | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,146 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,146 | I saw this on a jalopyjournal Thead. I just can't figure out how it ended up spiral shaped. Torque tube Picture Thread 49'-54' chevy driveline for more pictures. | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,165 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,165 | I've seen that type of thing before. Overtorque can twist a tube type prop shaft just like that.
The instance I saw was on an M151 jeep that the GI driving it kept in 4WD on dry pavement. Made about 50 miles into a convoy trip and it finally twisted up. Looked just like a noodle. We just took it off and he made the rest of the trip in front wheel drive.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,876 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,876 | I saw a 4" diameter driveshaft out of a single-drive Peterbilt with a 425 Cat in it that looked like an hourglass. The rig was hooked up to a set of double grain trailers and stuck in a muddy field, and when the driver revved it up and dumped the clutch it made 4 full turns of the driveshaft before the slip yoke pulled off the spline!
Jerry
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