how does this happen?

[bishop gp]

Broke my u joint in half at the axle on my 2.8 powered s-10 doin a burn out. How the hell does an almost stock 2.8 snap a u joint

 

[axisg]

if you got the tires spinning all it would need is some traction. That will cause a shudder in the driveline and the weakest point will break. Most driveshafts that I have seen break are either when doing a burnout, on the dyno, and squealing the tires around a corner. Once it gets traction then pop goes the worn out ujoint

 

[williamattop]

X2 what he said. The u joint is usually the weakest link and the first to go in all drivelines when givin some abuse.


But i think a more direct answer to your question is because you were trying to do a burnout in a S10 with a stock 2.8 LOL.

 

[jacobdavis1979]

Hey man last year my brother blew the rear end in our 2.5 Dakota lol it happens

 

[bishop gp]

Im just surprised it still does a burn out at 231,680 miles on the motor and will break loose for a second on take off if you give it half throttle

 

[Brother Al]

If that Ujoint was original it was a ticking timebomb anyway with that many miles...LMAO.

One of the first things I've almost always done whenever I bought a "used" 4wd or RWD was replace them... and I've replaced them at about 75k of use after that.... I lost a rear Ujoint on the highway in my '72 Chevelle back in high school... destroyed my floorpan, trans tailshaft, driveshaft, and rear axle's yoke... They are cheap and worth every penny!

 

[bishop gp]

As for being original idk but i just went ahead and replaced the whole drive shaft which was a massive pain in the *ss because of how it broke but still easier than cooking out the nylon retainer clips and as for losing a drive shaft i had that happen to my other project under making the mud monster in non g projects