get raxles(sp?) i think theyre called, gauranteed for life, awesome upgrade, and if they break theyll replace them regardless of the power your making

Inspected snapped his axle about a month ago.  This was one thing i never managed to break.  Went through a motor, two trannys, few flywheels, but no axles.

i'm guessing you didn't wheel hop right?

05redser wrote:

I just bought a OEM replacement from autozone. Like I said It was my fault and my car has like 12K miles of turbo abuse on it. I have been to the track at least 20 times each time running 6+ times down the track so I expected something to break sooner or later. Autozone has a lifetime replacement policy also. As long as you have the receipt and the broken axle in hand they will give you a brand new one at no cost, thanks for the idea though.

WERD, but wy go through that trouble? just put in some raxles, and bam, your set, no need to replace em ever, raxles are as rare to break as there is 800hp specs

omar wrote:

05redser wrote:

I just bought a OEM replacement from autozone. Like I said It was my fault and my car has like 12K miles of turbo abuse on it. I have been to the track at least 20 times each time running 6+ times down the track so I expected something to break sooner or later. Autozone has a lifetime replacement policy also. As long as you have the receipt and the broken axle in hand they will give you a brand new one at no cost, thanks for the idea though.

WERD, but wy go through that trouble? just put in some raxles, and bam, your set, no need to replace em ever, raxles are as rare to break as there is 800hp specs

If it happens again ill check into it. you got a link or something?

yeah, i've never heard anyone snapping an axle like that... it must've been weak.

at least the axle went and not the transmission (input shaft/gears/etc)

oooh, so autozone sells our axles now ? not a stocked item, right ?

awesome, good to know i don't have to worry about blowing up axles now.

Big J wrote:

it's because you dumped the clutch at redline, that's a pretty big shock to the drivetrain.

yea I know it was my fault, like I said I usually warm them up and let go the clutch at 4K but my mind didnt compute with my foot right or something....

I have over 200 track runs on my car and the only reason it broke was my fault. If you are running with street tires I can pretty much guarantee 100% that it is impossible to break a spec v axle.

what if you go from street tires to full racing slicks, what would need to be done to the axles.

Wow...All these years, this is the first time i hearid an axle snapped on a B15. Ok so 11psi + slicks + redline + dumping clutch + 1st gear = snap hmmm

Thats the first Ive ever heard of anyone snaping an axle. After seeing them in person from underneath the car, they are pretty damn beefy for a 175hp engine. I guess they arent as invincible as I once thought.

cute02spec wrote:

Or... people could stop freaking out and realize he launched from REDLINE (by mistake)... don't be a retard and launch at redline!  (No offense to 05red of course).  Shit breaks when you race, and now I'm seeing people going into other threads telling people not to run slicks because the car will break.  Way to jump to conclusion that everyone will break on slicks off of one guy...

.... Sorry my bad. I told everyone that it was MY FAULT not the cars.... i went to the track last night and won everything. Thats the 5th time I won at that track. www.sacramentoraceway.com wednesday night amature night.

BTW waterbox FTW I never went in the water before, I did last night and you dont even have to dump the clutch all you have to do is barly slip the clutch. So yea no more broken axles for me.

All you kids out there dont take this way out of porportion IT WAS MY FAULT!!! These axles are WAY more stout than people think.