<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72820" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72861">I also know them as output shafts.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72820" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72820" dir="ltr"><span>Scott</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72820" dir="ltr"><span>'69 TC</span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72594"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72593"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72818"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72819"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72899"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Scruggs Family via Rovernet <rovernet@rovernet.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Vern Klukas' <vern@inkspotco.com>; 'Rovernet' <rovernet@rovernet.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 3, 2015 1:34 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72898"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72897">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Rovernet] P6 final drive<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425427221715_72592"><br>Ah, thanks, Vern... I'd forgotten about those things. I suppose it<br clear="none">wouldn't be too difficult to have a good set of 2000 axles shot peened...<br clear="none">which reduces the likelihood of surface cracks. Never had that problem but<br clear="none">have had the differential mounting bracket develop stress cracks. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Said the one-armed alligator wrestler, "We learn as we go." <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Gross<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt0930190188" id="yqtfd94984"><br clear="none">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: Vern Klukas [mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vern@inkspotco.com" href="mailto:vern@inkspotco.com">vern@inkspotco.com</a>] <br clear="none">Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 4:13 PM<br clear="none">To: Scruggs Family; Rovernet<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [Rovernet] P6 final drive<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Dermot meant what I would call the stub axles on the diff that the half<br clear="none">shafts bolt to. Rover calls them drive shafts.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Yours<br clear="none">Vern<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On Mar 3, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Scruggs Family via Rovernet<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Dermot, <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Clarification please... you said "drive shafts"... did you mean to specify<br clear="none">> "half shafts?" Was there a common point at which these failures took<br clear="none">place?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thanks,<br clear="none">> Gross Scruggs<br clear="none">> Annapolis, MD<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> -----Original Message-----<br clear="none">> From: Rovernet [mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rovernet-bounces@rovernet.org" href="mailto:rovernet-bounces@rovernet.org">rovernet-bounces@rovernet.org</a>] On Behalf Of Dermot<br clear="none">> Harvey via Rovernet<br clear="none">> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 1:19 PM<br clear="none">> To: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Rovernet@rovernet.org" href="mailto:Rovernet@rovernet.org">Rovernet@rovernet.org</a><br clear="none">> Subject: [Rovernet] P6 final drive<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> There is another factor with P6 final drive - the differential drive<br clear="none">shafts<br clear="none">> are different! The 3500S drive shafts are shot peened which is supposed to<br clear="none">> make them stronger. I think these drive shafts are a weak point in the<br clear="none">rear<br clear="none">> end. I had a 3500S once where the drive shaft completely sheared leaving<br clear="none">me<br clear="none">> stranded. I like to take these drive shafts out and see how 'upset' the<br clear="none">> splines are before using or selling a rear end. 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