broken b44 shock shaft

[Parry]

i used my b44 for the first time last night and after one small crash the shock shaft has snapped. has anyone had any problems like this before or is this just a freak failure.

also for racing on carpet what is the best tyre choice as standard ones didnt seem to grip well.

[ben]

The most popular choice is usually schumacher mini pins.

lil ben

[ryan]

SNAPPED
How did that happen? lol
Never seen a shock shaft snap, that isn't common. Maybe just be a "Freak" failure.

[Sebastian]

Hi had the same problem on last weekends Autria Winterchamps. I am not even 100 percent sure how it happened but after I finished the last lap of one of the qualifying rounds I noticed that one side of the car was "hanging" and one of the front springs was missing. Further investigation revealed that the shockshaft was snapped just above the thread. Maybe there is a series of shafts that isn't correctly hardened?

Cheers

Seb

[Parry]

yeah the same with mine just above the thread. it wasnt even that much of a crash done alot worse with a b4 and that never broke.

[neiloliver]

Mat, i also broke a wishbone. There is a common factor in this, Ashely was in the same race...

.. I saw that snapped shock shaft and it does seem odd... I never had that before. As for the tyres, I prefer worn yellow mini SPIKES indoors at Oswestry as they are more forgiving than pins and make the car easier to drive.

N