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Old 08-13-2007, 06:24 PM
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U-joint carnage!

Learned a lesson this last weekend...Don't drive 3hrs to a car show and get talked into taking your car to the track w/out a trailer!
Looks like the u-joint gave lose and decided to take out my umi torque arm





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Old 08-13-2007, 06:44 PM
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that really stinks... I have seen way too many failures like that so I opted for front and rear loops on my Spohn arm. A rear loop would have saved you alot of expensive parts. When you get it all fixed you should research it and invest in one.
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Old 08-13-2007, 07:55 PM
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What kind of u-joints do you like for our performance cars?
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Old 08-13-2007, 07:56 PM
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also use solid u-joints not the hollow ones like the ones that broke on your car
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Old 08-13-2007, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by wrd1972
What kind of u-joints do you like for our performance cars?


factory gm joints (around $90), or neapco brute force, both of these are solid joints not hollow
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Old 08-13-2007, 08:10 PM
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They have solid u-joints that will fit a 1350 series yoke? I bought those from NAPA a while back which was the ones everyone said to get for the 1350 series conversion...I will look into getting a rear DS loop but I did have a front DS loop which saved me from more carnage.

BTW~ This was launching at 3500 with nitto's..

Does anyone know if the Denny's DS's come with a solid u-joint?
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Old 08-13-2007, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 97 RedSS
They have solid u-joints that will fit a 1350 series yoke? I bought those from NAPA a while back which was the ones everyone said to get for the 1350 series conversion...I will look into getting a rear DS loop but I did have a front DS loop which saved me from more carnage.

BTW~ This was launching at 3500 with nitto's..

Does anyone know if the Denny's DS's come with a solid u-joint?
probably, will for sure if you ask for it
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Yup, looks like Denny's comes with solid u-joints..I'll for sure be investing in one of those!
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