Outer Limits 4x4 Board

KIWI wrote:

money_killer wrote:ok guys i will post a vid up this is how the last one broke in my brothers car. (and im sure everyone will comment on the drving style or say he was doing something wrong)

aaron

I was expecting a lot worse than that, didn't look tht bad at all (driving style)

exactly my point slight wheel spin BANG broken . u should see how i drive me unlocked gq

money_killer wrote:ok guys i will post a vid up this is how the last one broke in my brothers car. (and im sure everyone will comment on the drving style or say he was doing something wrong)

it was hard to recover him outta there too, was a decent ledge footage not the best.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... d=53237337


aaron

That cv must have been cracked already or it was not genuine ntn. Genuine ntn are much stronger then that.

I broke a cv with the tyre in the air, as in I was stuck on a log with only the rear right tyre on the ground. The cv that broke was 3m in the air and only had the tyre turning on it, obviously a damaged cv to brake as air does not provide much traction.

Exess throttle and lock, shock load and undercuts break cv's. I never broke a cv that I didn't expect to break.

i have a gq and the cv's are the weak point, they imo don't stand up to being locked up running big tyres.
They break rather easy ,nearly as easy as a lux diff .
If you say you cant break a gq cv your lockers are not working and you are not 4wding.

IMO i don't really think there is a definitive tire size that will break more stuff than another. Generally over time you really start to get a 'feel' for how much torque you can put through the diffs. We run heaps of different tires from 33' to 40's and find that a 33 will in some situations get you into more trouble, they always seem to get wedged into rocks or undercut ledges , where a 37 or 40 would just roll over. Get a 33 bound up and even moderate power will cause a big BANG! mechanical sympathy is your best line of defence..... and a good spotter / navvy. Its easier on the wallet to be able to 'pick the easiest line - through the hardest obstacle' rather than have to hit it hard - and pray.

dirtyGQ wrote:If you say you cant break a gq cv your lockers are not working and you are not 4wding.

or your not a hack... theres 1000's of people out there with GQ's and big tyres, and lockers that dont break CV's.

dirtyGQ wrote:i have a gq and the cv's are the weak point, they imo don't stand up to being locked up running big tyres.
They break rather easy ,nearly as easy as a lux diff .
If you say you cant break a gq cv your lockers are not working and you are not 4wding.

bogged wrote:or your not a hack... theres 1000's of people out there with GQ's and big tyres, and lockers that dont break CV's.

totally agree that is the point i being trying to make and prove. (see video)

bogged, no i would say they are not doing any very hard tracks.