Rockwells make your sac swell!

Nuts · Jul 20, 2017

Rockwells607 said:
Ive heard rockwell offroad has fixed their metallurgy issue and their shafts take a beating now. I have ouversons and haven't had an issue

16s or 2"?

ridered3 · Jul 20, 2017

SHELBS44 said:
That's what I plan to buy since I keep seeing overson not warrantying broke shafts. I can remember his screen name but the dude with the blue buggy from Florida was running them

Slytowncrawler2 is the guy you were thinking about.

Here's a thread about their shafts.
http://www.hardlinecrawlers.com/forums/index.php?topic=53550.0#lastPost

Rockwells607 · Jul 21, 2017

blacksheep10 · Jul 21, 2017

607, do you have problems with belt slip? Is that a spring idler in the belt track top center pre second pump? Your spring idler should be fed directly off the crank, and not have a load after it.

trucker · Jul 21, 2017

Re:

I have 16 spline oversons with violater ujoints and have had zero issues so far. If I ever up the hp/torque in the buggy I'll go to the 47 spline Oversons.

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BLGXJ · Jul 21, 2017

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trucker said:
I have 16 spline oversons with violater ujoints and have had zero issues so far. If I ever up the hp/torque in the buggy I'll go to the 47 spline Oversons.

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Wasn't the shaft that Dereck broke in JJ's old buggy on your break in ride at Chocco, a 16 spline ouverson? That thing had been beat on for a while though.

NTIDWELL · Jul 21, 2017

I had bad luck with my 16 splines wish I'd just save what I spent on them and done it right the first time I ended up going with RCV 47spline after 3 full sets of ouverson 16splines. And then you look at Randell blaze buggy takes a beating and hardly ever breaks one . Think it mostly depends on your driving style or maybe my shafts where built on Monday or Friday

jccarter1 · Jul 21, 2017

The 16 spline overson shafts are good but not indestructible buddy that rides with us has a very healthy big block Rockwell buggy that he has beat the living **** out of for the past few years and I have only seen him break 2 shafts in that whole time we have been riding so that sold me that they were pretty tough and I used them in the front of my rig as far as the 2inch shafts go once you see a set in person I don't see how anyone could break them

NTIDWELL · Jul 21, 2017

https://youtu.be/vvm9lVc43tQ

Two shafts in one race
2" shaft can be broke just ain't seen one break because of itself only seen two break one was ouverson and the rearend came apart and wedged everything up and snapped shaft randy replaced no problems

Other was rcv smoked a tree tore the knuckle off and Jammed up everything

BUG-E J · Jul 21, 2017

NTIDWELL said:
I had bad luck with my 16 splines wish I'd just save what I spent on them and done it right the first time I ended up going with RCV 47spline after 3 full sets of ouverson 16splines. And then you look at Randell blaze buggy takes a beating and hardly ever breaks one . Think it mostly depends on your driving style or maybe my shafts where built on Monday or Friday

Or maybe I just need to give you some driving lessons....

NTIDWELL · Jul 21, 2017

BUG-E J said:
Or maybe I just need to give you some driving lessons....

**** son all I ever heard was I don't have no steering :rolf:

BUG-E J · Jul 21, 2017

NTIDWELL said:
**** son all I ever heard was I don't have no steering

**** my steering is fixed now. I really miss beatdown. Think the guy that bought it would let me show him up in it?

Elliott · Jul 21, 2017

When you call him to warranty a 2" shaft does he reply back asking what the f- were you doing to manage that?

trucker · Jul 21, 2017

Re: Re:

BLGXJ said:
Wasn't the shaft that Dereck broke in JJ's old buggy on your break in ride at Chocco, a 16 spline ouverson? That thing had been beat on for a while though.

I'm not sure if it was an overson or not. But it was 16 spline.

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Eddyj · Jul 21, 2017

Has anyone broken a 2 inch shaft with 43's?

Rockwells607 · Jul 21, 2017

Adam Ringer did in Show girl did a few months ago, only one ive ever seen

Rockwells607 · Jul 21, 2017

Yes I do have belt slip on that pump, I just added that pump when I did the rear steer and I need to address it sometime, needs more contact so probably another idler or something . Ive been really busy so it's pretty much just been basic needed maintance on the buggy Lately but sometime when I get a slowdown in the shop I plan to fix it. It's certainly wheelable now but the squeal alone drives me nuts