On Dec 26, 2003, at 12:40 PM, Neil W. Bellenger wrote:
> Glad to hear that you made it back OK, Mike.
>
me too =)
> That vibration was the double cardin joint in the front drive shaft
> stiffening up and introducing runout in the shaft.
makes sense to me, but introducing runout is not something that had
crossed my mind specifically.....
> it will
> rapidly tear the case apart, fracturing it between the main shaft and
> the
> front output shaft.
yeah, from the damage done, I certainly knew that it was something
introducing a major out-of-balance situ.
> I'm curious about the trailer. Did it, by any chance, have surge
> brakes?
> They have to be pinned before they can be backed up a grade.
yeah, it was surge braked, and I was simply hoping I could overpower
them, since the way the UHaul coupler is designed there's no simple way
to block the brakes from actuating...
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