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Old 03-01-2009
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Can you post the setup you ran when you snapped the outdrive? As a little issue I believe is that the setup you build into the car when following the instructions gives lots of camber change and driveshaft plunge which exagerates the fact that the bone is close/touching the outdrive.

With a setup on such as I have posted, the dogbones are miles away from the outdrive. I still run spacers.

Don't be fooled by thinking if the bone is smidges dick away from the outdrive it is fine, on the track things flex, and the car is under tremendous forces and so I recomend playing it safe.

I was an early outdrive snapper, I did it with a car built exactly to manual - and I have since received a big handful of FOC outdrives and have never broken another.

So as for them being weak, well they aren't designed to be prised apart - but once that dealt with using a proper setup, then id say not. The fact they have made changes is very pleasing, and just compounds that I think Schumacher is an excellent company.

Chris
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