DRIVESHAFT FELL OUT OF MY 2012

TSB FTW.

 

i have been practicing my mid air 180s so that is totally possible

 

Quit killing my dreams.

 

I think i will........

 

There is no way that at that speed, his truck would be able to even get high enough in the air to do a 180 across (lets say 15 feet) and into oncoming traffic, not enough hangtime

 

I just skipped everything past the first few posts. Talk to a lawyer and get the witness's of the event to sign an affidavit of what they saw. I wouldnt let this slide at all...what if you had kids in the back or somethin

 

Forget pictures i want to see a truck pol volted in the air.

 

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=why+you+no+break&um=1&hl=en&biw=1010&bih=479&tbm=isch&tbnid=J1InC2IXYwkARM:&imgrefurl=http://erinamelia.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/this-whole-seme/&docid=OtFy5BPEYmc4lM&imgurl=http://erinamelia.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/untitled.jpg%253Fw%253D417&w=416&h=388&ei=g9lOT5LOHpOztwez1r28DQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=102&vpy=5&dur=656&hovh=217&hovw=232&tx=145&ty=100&sig=112427841846432714682&page=2&tbnh=146&tbnw=160&start=10&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:10

 

Oh Shit! Now you're in trouble.

 

The same thing has happened to two different people that I have known personally. The first was an 80's K5 Blazer that broke the U joint at the front differential. The second was a 90's F150 that broke the front U joint on the rear driveshaft. Both drivers reported being thrown around from one lane to the next before coming to a halt. I have had a spring clip missing from a U joint on a 30K mile vehicle before. Nothing happened, I caught it before the U joint cap backed out of the yoke.

The OP's story is definitely plausible. I too would love to see pics, but I sure as hell wouldn't be running around in the road with a camera if it happened to me, and the tow truck would be taking the vehicle directly to a shop afterwards. I can see how there would be no pics available, and I wouldn't feel the need to prove myself to anyone on the interwebs either.

And to the OP: I speak only for myself, but you being a PE doesn't affect my response to your story at all. I grew tired of engineers telling me how inferior I am to them a long time ago. All too often I hear : "I'm an engineer and I don't think you've got this right." My response is always the same: "well, if you're an engineer, why did you call me? Surely you can handle this yourself! Not trying to attack you personally, but for myself and for many others that I know, someone being an engineer doesn't automatically make them an expert on whatever we might be talking about at the moment. If you're posting pictures of a fractured driveshaft yoke and you have a background in metallurgy, then okay, you being a PE is relevant to the conversation. Otherwise, for all we know you're an electrical engineer.

Let's all play nice.

Oh, and IBTL

 

Here is my buddies '94 Pickup that did a "180" after being tossed through the air by a Chevy Suburban.

A little more than just undercarriage damage.

 

Frontiers can do barrel rolls way cant tacomas do mid air 180s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95bpVJJlI6s

 

such a dumb commercial

 

ha I was so overwhelmed with the rest I overlooked this part.

I'm guessing rob dyrdek was driving...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uuCE-ExzPU?version=3

 

Tacos are meteor proof....too heavy for 180 craziness...

 

at this point the op needs to drop the pics on us or receive the flames of hell lapping at his butt cheeks

it would lend some credibility to a rather hard to believe story so make sure they are clear and don't look like you snapped them with a potato camera. that should quiet some of the nay sayers or at least give them something to actually argue over, just saying.

 

This, but WTF is a potato camera?

 

its been 30 days... there has to be pictures...he could have posted them 132 times by now

 

Obvious troll is obvious...