From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Sat Jul 05 2003 - 06:58:45 PDT
The same holds true with axles...some friends had a chevy drag car tore
down and the splines on the axles had twisted several degrees...and they
stay that way...I suppose...till they twist in two. Never heard about
painting a line down the driveshaft to see if it twists...sounds like a
good idea. Fred Martin
David Cole wrote:
> Excessively long
> driveshafts act like springs, they "wind-up" and become unstable and
> useless as a driveshaft.
>
> Dave
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> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 19:06:12 -0700 (PDT), Employee@MilVeh.com
> <milveh@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> OK, maybe I am totally off base on this one, but for
>> years I have been advised there was relationship to
>> axle length and torque (same for drive shaft length).
>> And as I recall it goes something like this, the
>> longer the distance from the power source the greater
>> the loss of torque. Seems like there was a rule of
>> thumb, like X percent of loss in torque per X distance
>> of drive shaft and axle length. I.e. the drive shaft,
>> axle length affects power and mileage.
>>
>> So, does anyone on the list have any additional
>> information on this subject or perhaps the formula for
>> computing a loss of power over a given distance of a
>> specific dia. drive shaft? Or.. gulp, is this an
>> urban legend?
>>
>> Thanks... Jack
>>
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