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Drive Shaftwith Bill Johnston
His comment gave me a pretty good idea that this wouldn't be a normal component test. So where did I test it? How about Las Cruces, New Mexico at the Chile Challenge! |
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 At about the third obstacle on "Off
Broadway" (rated a solid 4), I got hung up on a boulder. It was about
three feet long and pointy. The sharp end was lodged under the body,
resting the weight of the zook on the new rear drive shaft. I heard
screams of "Don't Move! You'll tear out the drive shaft!"
.... Something snapped my mind back to the conversation with
Tom... and I hit the gas! What a royal rumble out back! Of course I
didn't go anywhere, and the screams grew more intense, but now I could
check the shaft for damage. The crowd thought I was either crazy or deaf,
but they figured I was done for the day. I pulled out the High-Lift®
and jacked up the zook about two feet in the air from the passenger
side. We rolled out the boulder and - as I watched the crowd shake their
heads - I checked underneath for carnage. |
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After that a nice couple in the Jeep behind me gave me a new nickname that stuck (Bonzai Bill), I became known as "the entertainment", and the crowd learned the name "Tom Woods".
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My take on it: Many of us try to lift our vehicles out of harms way when the rocks reach up to rip at the underbelly full of vital parts. When the changing drive shaft angles start to cause vibration there has to be a reliable - we could say 'bullet proof' - answer. This is a case where overkill is exactly what we need to count on. It's nice to be able to "bolt-on and forget". Bonzai Bill |
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For the complete story please visit the installation article by following this link. Tom Wood's Custom Drive Shafts
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