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LEGENDS => Drivetrain & Gearing => Topic started by: Winterracing on February 27, 2012, 08:44:55 am

Title: Drive shaft hardware
Post by: Winterracing on February 27, 2012, 08:44:55 am

Whats everyone use for the drive shaft hardware, just regular hex head grade 6 bolts?

Thanks,
Dan

Title: Re: Drive shaft hardware
Post by: VMS Motorsports on February 27, 2012, 10:34:56 am

I use grade 8 on the driveshaft

Title: Re: Drive shaft hardware
Post by: racerrad8 on February 27, 2012, 02:45:47 pm

I use grade 8 bolts and steel lock nuts on the rear, no nylocks the heat softens the plastic

I use grade 8 studs with a 12pt grade 8 nut on the coupler. Then I can use a 3/8 box end wrench to tighten the driveshaft to the coupler. The 1/2 head is too big to get anything but and opened on and they never really get tight.

When roadracing, with the constant shifting as well as going from 120+mph to 35 for 35+ minutes at a time, the driveshaft must stay tight and this system has worked flawlessly.

I used the studs & nuts for the very first time when I competed in a 25 hour endurance race back in 2003 and they performed without any problem.

You can see the studs & nuts here;

www.RPMracingCa.com

Randy - RPM