Found the weak link

[74Rallye]

I finally got to drive my Charger after rebuilding the engine and swapping in a 4sp. My Edelbrock 800 carb was giving me problems with it's bottom end dead spot/bog. I had to get the rpm above the dead spot before engaging the clutch or it would cut off. Broke a U-joint and pinion yoke. On the plus side, the clutch and trans worked great.

[Ghoste]

OUCH!!

[Rolling_Thunder]

Been there....   with a customer's car once.  1968 GTX convertible....    swapped a built Hemi in place of the 440 and then decided to see some 0-60 times...     

It is an easy fix - glad it wasnt anything major

[74Rallye]

I'm going to swap out the pumpkin and carb tomorrow. Then I can get back to wrapping up the details on the 4sp swap.

[Charger-Bodie]

Yoke looks like it was barely hanging on.

[74Rallye]

The yoke ear rusted after spending a day and a half in the street through 2 thunder storms. the piece on the pinion is still shiny.

[Charger-Bodie]

Ah hah. That makes sense.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

What kind of other damage did the flailing driveshaft cause?

[Wicked72]

What kind of other damage did the flailing driveshaft cause?

Was it like a drunk monkey fist?

[Mytur Binsdirti]

What kind of other damage did the flailing driveshaft cause?

Was it like a drunk monkey fist?

My guess is that it was more like this.............


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c54SvkgQ04A

[74Rallye]

It was a relatively smooth separation.  I was in a cross over so there was no speed involved.
The other time this car tossed a U-joint was shifting from 2nd to 3rd with the automatic at about 90mph. That one turned the car sideways and wasted the drive shaft. That was a pucker-factor 10 ride.

[74Rallye]

It's back on the road with better gears for a manual trans. Most excellent weather for working on a car too.

[Mopar Nut]

It's back on the road with better gears for a manual trans. Most excellent weather for working on a car too.

Good to hear.