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Originally Posted by craigboez
Follow up question, again as it relates to West Coast Drives: is it typical to just use snap rings or e-clips on the end of the shafts to hold everything together? It seems that there could be relatively significant side loads at times of heavy turning or impact. Has anyone ever seen a snap ring/e-clip give way?
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We're working on a WCD drive right now for the off-season (future t-shirt cannon, probably) and we figured that tapped ends, bolts and fender washers would be a better choice than little snap rings.
However, the only time I've seen one fail is in a Toughbox Nano, and then only after quite a bit of abusive "engineering", so I wouldn't be that surprised if it works for a drivetrain.
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05-12-2011, 18:46
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