Wriggly
Well-Known Member
The Polaris Slingshot had a similar problem. The rear axle nut would come loose causing weird clicking and creaking noises. The nuts on the Slingshot was spec'd at 250ft lbs. even at that amount of torque they would come loose. The threads about the problem on the Slingshot forums sounded just like this thread. For a moment in fact I thought I was on the wrong forum. The engineers over at Polaris in all their freaking brilliance came up with a double nut system to try and correct the issue. About the time the rear swing arms started cracking and breaking I sold the POS. Just like the 2013 and 2015 Mustangs I owned.
I must be a glutton for punishment. Now I have a GT350.
One thing needs to be mentioned. All the really good old time proven engineers are either dead or retired. Today's current crop of engineers are young pups that are led around by the rings in their collective noses by the number crunchers that limit their budgets so much they have to source a lot of their parts from China. Yep, China, the land of crap steel and other garbage they've been pawning off on us unsuspecting Amerikans for years now. Kinda like that Getjunk, I mean Getrag transmission.
I must be a glutton for punishment. Now I have a GT350.
One thing needs to be mentioned. All the really good old time proven engineers are either dead or retired. Today's current crop of engineers are young pups that are led around by the rings in their collective noses by the number crunchers that limit their budgets so much they have to source a lot of their parts from China. Yep, China, the land of crap steel and other garbage they've been pawning off on us unsuspecting Amerikans for years now. Kinda like that Getjunk, I mean Getrag transmission.
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