dunefreak Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Here's some pics of Bert's broken Tracker axle. :?: He can tell the rest of the story. Something about a spooled rear end and too many breakfast burritos that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EY3BA11 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 never seen one break like that.. its usually a clean twist break style.. havent seen them splinter like that one so to speak.. he did a doosey thats for sure lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 The splines on the other side axle were twisted as well. Too many burritos I tell ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kens Colors Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Dayum was that from snow play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanddunesaddict Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 (edited) I wish!!! It was already broken from a little trip out to Nellis Dunes monday night It will be back on the road tomorrow though. Gearworks has some badass ideas for a BULLETPROOF axle design.They will be able to hold 500HP Ya know that 1.6L is putting out 750 HP so I just might still have problems so I will have to take it easy. I wont use reverse!!! P.S to you Pete Edited December 19, 2008 by sanddunesaddict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUn2it Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 (edited) Hard to tell by the pics but if it's actually spooled maybe the outside ends of the splines don't have a radius and wore a stress point at the edge of the spline contact. Seen 300M alloy gun drilled axles break clean a few inches away from the splines because of "cyclic fatigue failure due to hydrogen embrittlement" , translated.... sloppy heat treating (quench and temper) and the rockwell hardness up 3-4 points higher than specs. Stock axles are kinda like torsions. You can see in your pics a definite boundry where the hard outer part ends. I've seen diagonal breaks but not splintered like this. Even has a spot that fractured lengthwise. Were you going through some whoops or something that was loading and unloading the wheel with a lot of throttle? 300M gundrilled Edited December 19, 2008 by RUn2it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanddunesaddict Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Hard to tell by the pics but if it's actually spooled maybe the outside ends of the splines don't have a radius and wore a stress point at the edge of the spline contact. Seen 300M alloy gun drilled axles break clean a few inches away from the splines because of "cyclic fatigue failure due to hydrogen embrittlement" , translated.... sloppy heat treating (quench and temper) and the rockwell hardness up 3-4 points higher than specs. Stock axles are kinda like torsions. You can see in your pics a definite boundry where the hard outer part ends. I've seen diagonal breaks but not splintered like this. Even has a spot that fractured lengthwise. Were you going through some whoops or something that was loading and unloading the wheel with a lot of throttle? I was on flat land about half throttle in 2 wheel drive doing a power slide in sand.I was at the dunes. I can bet money that it was so fatigued from me running very low air pressure a couple of times with mud terrains on the street.I would take it very easy around corners but the whole truck would buck and jump around corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior07 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 :rhino: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsky70 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 At least it gave way having fun...... SF Woody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 :rhino: ^ can't do half the chit Bert's Tracker can and costs about 10 times the money his Tracker cost. He's upgrading the axles so it dosn't break again. Only reason he broke it is cause the jackass drove around on the street a few times with having a spool and before he aired the tires down. That fatigued the axle and twisted the splines making them weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randog Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Ohhh Snap!! Glad Bert didn't get Hurt. Good Job mang. R- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUn2it Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 ^ can't do half the chit Bert's Tracker can and costs about 10 times the money his Tracker cost. He's upgrading the axles so it dosn't break again. Only reason he broke it is cause the jackass drove around on the street a few times with having a spool and before he aired the tires down. That fatigued the axle and twisted the splines making them weak. The axles in the pics I uploaded are being upgraded, some new exotic material, forget the name but check this out,just the material cost for 2 short course truck axles and 2 trophy truck axles ... $10,000.00!!! Here is a composite pic of the short course truck before the axle broke. As for the reason the old axle snapped other than the Rockwell issue I haven't a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randog Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 The axles in the pics I uploaded are being upgraded, some new exotic material, forget the name but check this out,just the material cost for 2 short course truck axles and 2 trophy truck axles ... $10,000.00!!! Here is a composite pic of the short course truck before the axle broke. As for the reason the old axle snapped other than the Rockwell issue I haven't a clue. Who knew? .... That's Awesome Lee! The Jump and your picture! R- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUn2it Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 (edited) Who knew? .... That's Awesome Lee! The Jump and your picture! R- almost as good as the pics of your wheelie across the SIDE of a dune on 1rear wheel then the other before an all 4 wheel off the ground lawn darting.... LEFT WHEEL RIGHT WHEEL NO WHEELS FRONT WHEELS Edited December 21, 2008 by RUn2it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 that boy ain't right! ^ YIAH YIAH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randog Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 (edited) almost as good as the pics of your wheelie across the SIDE of a dune on 1rear wheel then the other before an all 4 wheel off the ground lawn darting.... :ah: :ah: :ah: What an Iddiot. Why buy a car if you're gonna drive like that. If you wanna run use legs not wheels. :B Edited December 21, 2008 by Randog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUn2it Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 :ah: :ah: :ah: What an Iddiot. Why buy a car if you're gonna drive like that. If you wanna run use legs not wheels. :B only 1 thing comes to mind .......TRANSFORMER WHEELIEBOT ----> MEGADOGTRON! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 only 1 thing comes to mind .......TRANSFORMER WHEELIEBOT ----> MEGADOGTRON! hahaaaaaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randog Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 only 1 thing comes to mind .......TRANSFORMER WHEELIEBOT ----> MEGADOGTRON! Whoa. Dude, them are some runnin' legs. :foshizz: "ONE" thing in your mind Lee ??? You're ... This might just put a new meaning on "Dune Run". :ah: Run mafackazzz Run! BTW: how's the Tracker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indasand Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Cool Bert, nothing better than being forced into an upgrade... Hmm I need to go break something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanddunesaddict Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 All fixed ready for New Years!!!! Now i just need to get going on the upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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