I Dodged a bad one with my Daytona

[erickson]

I had my Daytona on Talladega and the Atlanta tracks last year during the 55 anniversary of the wing cars. I stored it till last week when I drove it home to do
Maintenance on it. I heard a strange noise from the rear end. Only 1 bolt was left holding the ring gear I’m lucky it didn’t lockup while on the track I bought the 3rd member used It has been in the car for 9 years. Thank God I didn’t crash it

 

[erickson]

I had my Daytona on Talladega and the Atlanta tracks last year during the 55 anniversary of the wing cars. I stored it till last week when I drove it home to do
Maintenance on it. I heard a strange noise from the rear end. Only 1 bolt was left holding the ring gear I’m lucky it didn’t lockup while on the track I bought the 3rd member used It has been in the car for 9 years. Thank God I didn’t crash it

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[ckessel]

Someone above was looking out for you.

 

[chargervert]

Very fortunate that you caught it before anything catastrophic happened!

 

[padam]

That’s pretty bizarre. They must of loosened up and snapped off.

 

[themechanic]

"It's always something."

Anonymous

 

[AR67GTX]

Dang - can someone explain how that happened?

 

[1967coronet]

Better buy that lotto ticket

 

[dadsbee]

Must have been all those donuts.....

 

[erickson]

I’m sure whoever put it together didn’t use Loc tight

 

[RemCharger]

Dang - can someone explain how that happened?

First thought is they were over torqued for the quality of the bolts . Except for 1.
Stretched beyond their limit at install, developing a crack in the threads.

 

[Budnicks]

First thought is they were over torqued for the quality of the bolts . Except for 1.
Stretched beyond their limit at install, developing a crack in the threads.

& I agree
yet that wear pattern looked pretty good, strange deal