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SPOHN 03-11-2013 05:10 PM

Rear camber arms snapped. Damn. Something is wrong with this picture. Either SPC or SPL, both are super strong. I cant't help but think something may be at play. In for more info. What exactly gave away?

martin82 03-11-2013 05:40 PM

I'll have more info very soon with pictures to get people's thought as well!

wstar 03-11-2013 06:21 PM

Was there anything unusual in your setup that could've contributed by putting more stress on it? Unusual alignment, large spacers, very wide wheels, etc? I'm just trying to keep myself from being paranoid next time I'm out in mine.

martin82 03-11-2013 06:26 PM

I run 18x10.5" +30 with a 15mm spacer, so nothing crazy. I snapped when car was on full compression, after landing a hill at the track... I will check to see if it hit anything else (spring perch maybe?)

Dwnshift 03-11-2013 08:36 PM

Any off track excursions recently? Curbs?

martin82 03-11-2013 09:09 PM

I didnt have any offs on sunday, except dropping 2 wheels but it was on the passenger side and very soft. I have several offs but none are hard. This was at buttonwillow so we ride the berms pretty hard or "hop" them.... I was running 2:02's in cw13 configuration

Mike 03-11-2013 09:38 PM

I bent a rear one at carolina motorsports park when I went hard sideways against some agressive gator, but snapping one is pretty extreme. I had a "large" friend of mine sit/bounce on the back of the car to bend it enough to drive it back on the trailer

Dwnshift 03-12-2013 12:14 PM

Are you running coilovers in the rear?
Drop me a pm

Shamu 03-15-2013 07:39 AM

Did you have SPC rear arm? Mine snapped too. I see the defect with them if this was SPC. Worried if this was SPL.

SPC threads arm first and then bends the arm. The threads in place where arm bends are fatigued and allows arm to sheer off. If your arm was SPC then I think it's an arm design if not I will be wanting to see arm and type of breakage. Very interested to see that happened? Was it at threaded section. Did you have threaded section lock nut way out towards the end?

martin82 03-15-2013 01:05 PM

Shamu, I still didnt get a chance to tear it apart, but it was right by the thread/lock nut. I should have pics this weekend.

Dwnshift 03-27-2013 02:16 AM

We have a couple sets ready at the shop for those that are interested.

fuct 03-27-2013 04:15 PM

martin whats the deal? guna fill us in on the broken parts?

SPOHN 03-27-2013 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuct (Post 2236721)
martin whats the deal? guna fill us in on the broken parts?

Broken SPC rear camber arm. Broke on the threaded part before the jam nut. He just posted on FB last week. Things of this nature happen. He upgraded to the SPL arms which are beefier. Still I feel there is nothing wrong with SPC products. When you track a car things happen in time.

Dwnshift 03-27-2013 09:46 PM

Things happen...I can see that after contact.. Or an off track excursion ...and go backwards over curbing.
But if a part fails under load...without these other circumstances... There is only one answer...it's not engineered properly.

Just saying.

fuct 03-28-2013 09:18 AM

thx for the clarification, im not a facebook-er so i didnt see which ones and how they broke.


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