Originally Posted by
CraigMBA
You have another theory? We fix the major weakness in this truck for nothing, guys start busting drive line parts, and crying like a bunch of sisies.
My theory is that now the truck will put power down, it's chewing up the weakest part of the drive line due to deflection. That would be the idler in the rear. Maybe it breaks teeth off from shock loading. Maybe from deflection.
The horrible price we pay to be a second a lap faster.
It's chewing up on the weakest part of the driveline that's clearly the idler gears, like you said, because of deflection.
Plus the placement of it it's nowhere near perfect (curve shaped instead of straight drivetrain).
It requieres you to run a loose slipper setup, want it or not.
I'm still faster than I ever was with an almost locked down slipper.