dodgy ebay item.. i'll advise keeping well clear..

[mowgli]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nova-2-0-16v-Driveshafts-C20-XE-LET-Redtop-F20-/230473008485?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35a9430565

rep for the first one to tell me whats wrong with this item

[MattBrown]

Snapped on weld, now want rewelding, to resnap?

[MK999]

They're mtech shafts that snap for a living and wouldn't be worth much in one piece let alone 2?

[vauxluva]

Snapped on weld, now want rewelding, to resnap? 400 bhp would defo snap some crap ass weld lollol

[Damo]

Snapped on weld, now want rewelding, to resnap?

As above lol.

[Edd]

They need throwing away

[muzzy]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nova-2-0-16v-Driveshafts-C20-XE-LET-Redtop-F20-/230473008485?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35a9430565

rep for the first one to tell me whats wrong with this item

Everything :confused:

[Bubba]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nova-2-0-16v-Driveshafts-C20-XE-LET-Redtop-F20-/230473008485?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35a9430565

rep for the first one to tell me whats wrong with this item

some bellend has bid on them?

[phazer]

Given that they've snapped at the end of the sleeve how are you going to weld and re-sleeve them to make them useable again :roll:

[novalovingned]

Does'nt surprise me someone has bid on them tbh. I could **** in a box and still sell it on ebay.

[let_nova]

Does'nt surprise me someone has bid on them tbh. I could **** in a box and still sell it on ebay.

do it.

[saloonwoody]

bit of araldite and jobs a goodun lol

[donaldo89]

wtf why would someone bid on them lol

[nova_saloon]

dodgey stuff

[novalovingned]

do it.

By the time i sent it, it would'nt be "fresh". Would end up getting negetive feedback lol

collection only is a possibility :wtf:

[brownbear]

wtf why would someone bid on them lol

Scrap metal?? worth £150 per ton...

[MattBrown]

Or me being king of common sense, they need the short shaft?

[djbrowney]

it they go for £11 its certanly a very cheap spear short shaft to take to track day imo

[claire6069]

its called optimism!

[Mike]

it they go for £11 its certanly a very cheap spear short shaft to take to track day imo

Exactly what i was gonna say!

[loggyboy]

it they go for £11 its certanly a very cheap spear short shaft to take to track day imo

agreed

[Lee]

And the other half can be slid down the side of your seat ready to smash the skull of any potential car thieves :)

[claire6069]

/\ lmao

[mowgli]

ok, basic engineering lesson.....

cutting 2 hardened shafts, then sliding a mild steel sleeve over the 2 bits & welding is possibly the worst way humanly possible of joining the 2 shafts together.

if the 2 halves were cut to length, and the cut ends vee'd (like a pencil) then the whole lot held in a rotating jig and welded properly, then ground back & balanced, then it would be ok.

[General Baxter]

ok
if the 2 halves were cut to length, and the cut ends vee'd (like a pencil) then the whole lot held in a rotating jig and welded properly, then ground back & balanced, then it would be ok.

we do this at work with truck propshafts :thumb: and they have 1million bhp and quaddrillion torque lol

[MattBrown]

Rep owed to me:)

I had the best answers of the thread. Cheesus, Me talking sense, I cant keep this up for long lol

[bmw156]

ok, basic engineering lesson.....

cutting 2 hardened shafts, then sliding a mild steel sleeve over the 2 bits & welding is possibly the worst way humanly possible of joining the 2 shafts together.

if the 2 halves were cut to length, and the cut ends vee'd (like a pencil) then the whole lot held in a rotating jig and welded properly, then ground back & balanced, then it would be ok.

thats all well, but im guessing they have put the join in the middle of the sleve, so wy has it snapped on the outside of the join.

is this because there was alot of heat in there, making it more brittle...

[mowgli]

thats all well, but im guessing they have put the join in the middle of the sleve, so wy has it snapped on the outside of the join.

is this because there was alot of heat in there, making it more brittle...

martin, basically, any part of what was done to those shafts was one almighty bodge. they most likely welded the 2 halves together then slid the sleeve on. so it will have weakened the whole section.

[mowgli]

Rep owed to me:)

I had the best answers of the thread. Cheesus, Me talking sense, I cant keep this up for long lol

nope. muzzy has the best answer, sorry matt

[MK999]

thats all well, but im guessing they have put the join in the middle of the sleve, so wy has it snapped on the outside of the join.

is this because there was alot of heat in there, making it more brittle...

The large sleeve in the middle creates a geometric stress concentration at the join, the larger diameter bit doesn't twist at all so it passes all of the stress from this area into the nearest weaker point, it's pretty much the same as those little V's in chocolate bar wrappers that make them easy to tear. Also if it wasn't heat treated after welding the material at that point will be hardened which makes it more brittle and more likely to snap than twist.

[MattBrown]

Everything :confused:

This is not an answer:(

[mowgli]

it is.... the whole listing was dubious, as was the product, and as i was the rep giver....... i chose. i could give you some rep, but i've only got red ones left

[Andy]

In laymans terms,theyre fukkin shi7e

[L14MNP]

Did a snapped, rusty set of suspect quality shafts really deserve a 4 page thread?

[MattBrown]

Did a snapped, rusty set of suspect quality shafts really deserve a 4 page thread?

Yes, why not?

Not like png is slowing down the internetzzzlol

[L14MNP]

lol. If said eBay bidder is so savvy that he is bidding on them for scrap or just for the short spare then why bid days in advance? Muppet.

My last eBay victory came ONE second before the bell.

[mowgli]

L14MNP, my point was to make sure that anyone i know doesn't buy such shoddy stuff & then try to fit it. there are a lot of people who just don't get the technical grounding that others do. knowing what is not worth buying is going to help

[scott.parker]

I have seen hollow conversion shafts before, there meant to twist, and twist (spring) back etc, but im not sure they would work to well..

[MK999]

I have seen hollow conversion shafts before, there meant to twist, and twist (spring) back etc, but im not sure they would work to well..

Fairly standard motorsport practice, the inner 1/2 of the shaft contributes around 1/4 to the strength, ARBs are generally hollow for the same reason :thumb:

[scott.parker]

Ah, well Ive no idea if they were used, as Neil who had isachunt nova 2.0 8v had them, and fitted that into a corsa.

[Lee]

Did a snapped, rusty set of suspect quality shafts really deserve a 4 page thread?

SO is there such a thing as a set of HIGH quality snapped shafts? lol

[L14MNP]

I don't think I said there was, however I bet there is.

Everything has it's breaking point if you take the p!ss. lol

[MK999]

SO is there such a thing as a set of HIGH quality snapped shafts? lol

Lets give you a rally car with some trick carbon driveshaft and some bombproof conrods and find out lol

[Lee]

No, I was pointing out Limps description as being 'suspect quality' and 'snapped'.

I was just wondering why the quality was an issue when they were in two pieces lol

[Jack]

Hmm. Could buy them and use as physical bansticks at shows.

[L14MNP]

No, I was pointing out Limps description as being 'suspect quality' and 'snapped'.

I was just wondering why the quality was an issue when they were in two pieces lol

Oi. lol

Err they don't seem to weather well. :)

/Out.

[Jim Mcrae]

Scrap metal?? worth £150 per ton...

I only got £90 for my 306 sedan and it was a good(ish) car :(

[General Baxter]

Hmm. Could buy them and use as physical bansticks at shows.

im bringing one to nats for spud, 32LB sledge lol

[Sloth]

im not at nats dude....lol

[mowgli]

I only got £90 for my 306 sedan and it was a good(ish) car :(

but you aren't exactly 1 1/2hrs drive from sheffield are you... yokel scrap is going to be less