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Broke a half shaft this weekend and discovered that the axles are hollow on the inside and filled with foam!? I hadn't heard or seen this before! video has all the details, hope you like it!

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When you upgrade go with ford racing half shafts and never look back! Dont mess with dss halfshafts, the fasteners have been falling out of them!! Good luck!
 

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When you upgrade go with ford racing half shafts and never look back! Dont mess with dss halfshafts, the fasteners have been falling out of them!! Good luck!
Had my DSS halfshafts for 9000+ miles...on not exactly the easiest driving conditions...absolutely have had no issues.
 

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Yep, unfortunately I found this out awhile ago.
 

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Op at your power level with a stick I'm surprised you were running stock shafts, not only that you went and got a 2nd set! Is money tight now or are you just procrastinating?
 
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Had my DSS halfshafts for 9000+ miles...on not exactly the easiest driving conditions...absolutely have had no issues.

Have my DSS half shafts for over 2 years and no problems..
 

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I'm in the procrastinating crowd myself. Maybe a Memorial Day sale (if they have them), will get me moving and get me some better half shafts. Since having my SC, I just don't do any hard launches, I just get on it after I'm rolling for a little. Yeah, yeah, I know, "get better half shafts, don't be an a**hole you cheap f*ck or you'll be sitting by the side of the road". Yeah, yeah, . . . . . . .
 

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Broke a half shaft this weekend and discovered that the axles are hollow on the inside and filled with foam!? I hadn't heard or seen this before! video has all the details, hope you like it!
What did you expect to find there ? Or is it just getting view for your youtube video ?
 

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You can fill the IRS subframe with foam and reduce a lot of NVH after significant modifications.
 

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When you upgrade go with ford racing half shafts and never look back! Dont mess with dss halfshafts, the fasteners have been falling out of them!! Good luck!
that the first i heard about those fasteners. do you happen to have a link for a little more info as i was going to order DSS in the next week or two.

edit: nevermind, there is a thread like 2 below this one talking about it.
 
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What did you expect to find there ? Or is it just getting view for your youtube video ?
I expected it to be solid since I'd only changed axles that were a solid piece of steel(on other cars). It just surprised me is all.
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