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Old 11-08-2011 | 05:07 AM
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AreCee
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Originally Posted by valk
first heat of the night, i tapped and was out with a busted upper link turnbuckle. I got all the plastic bits for the front end but never thought id break a titanium turn buckle..

went on to place second in my main, bumped to the next one and coming around the sweeper, went wide, hit the wall and wheel went flying lol.

broke the axel.

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Wow, what bad luck. That's what I dislike about titanium, it doesn't bend like steel, it snaps.

Breaking an axle is a feat. Those are really strong but one little score will be a fracture point on a CF part.
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