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Re: Broken Axle, Why did this happen?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 2/4/2005

Looks to me like the guy who put on all those red parts was a bit overzealous with the shaft nut torque. If the shaft spun the nut wouldn't have sheared off. It was simply stretched beyond it's yield.

This and this would be what I'd expect from overload. Login to read more.

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