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Back in the days of the Spa 24hrs for saloons in the eighties, there was a team of privateers. They were on a tight budget and couldn't really afford to run their cars with strengthened bits for reliability. They had drivesahfts go every 6 or so hours!
What they did was genius. The rules stated that not part on the car could be replaced (for whatever reason other than safety). When the 6th hour rolled around, the mechanics made a big fuss of dismanting the rear suspsnsion to clean it up.
Part of this involved taking off the very hot driveshaft and placing it in a bucket of soapy water to both clean it and stop the mechanic from burning himself.
Of course, there was a brand new driveshaft sitting under the bubbles............
Last edited by Hobson; 17 Nov 2003 at 12:22.
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