Outdrive broke first time out
I know all of this has been said on the post already but I juts want to say it again. I raced the car for the first time on 12/5/08 in Columbus OH. The first time out my outdrive broke. Luckily I am not the type to throw objects or the car would have became a projectile as soon as I recovered it from the track. Here is my point. It cannot be denied that the outdrive is too long. The CVD comes in contact with the outdrive when an independent suspension arm is moved in its maximum travel point. Has anyone been removing the shims from the bottom of the shocks after they receive these new and improved outdrives? Has anyone actually received the new improved outdrives and have not had to modify the suspension throw to keep from breaking them? Three things need to be done, fix the overhardening, shorten the outdrive, make the outdrive tough, by getting rid of the lightening and have more material flare up at the end of outdrive, this is a common feature of most outdrives which is not present on these straight outdrives. Also if there is simply too much arm travel for the geometry of the outdrive. Make a lower profile shock tower that would place the shocks lower. The problem with these outdrives have greatly reduced the handling of the car. In my opinion Schumacher has only one chance to get this right. If they keep delaying in fixing the true issues with these outdrives the word will spread so fast regarding the issue, no one will care when the problem is fixed the cars reputation will already be tarnished.
My two cents
Rob Knasel
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