Dodge Dart Spits Out Its Axle While Showing Off

TransAmDan

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Dash cameras are for more than just recording crazy Russian driving antics. I got one myself as someone tried giving me some road rage, so wanted to record the next incident, in many years nothing like that has happened again. More and more drivers are using these cheap, compact, and affordable cameras to catch anything suspicious that happens while on the road. They’re helpful (or hurtful) for fighting traffic tickets, accident liability, and for catching things like this.


On May 11, 2015, a driver in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, caught what appears to be a 1967 to 1969 Dodge Dart as it darted through traffic before suddenly rearing up like a bull and spitting its rear axle out of from underneath the car, before slamming back on the ground with the wheels and axle now following from behind. The passengers inside the camera car erupt in laughter as they pass the beleaguered Dart, in disbelief at what they just saw.


Yeah, we’re now checking the U-bolts on all of our hoopties.


(Warning, the audio quality is very bad)
[video=youtube;099douUPsOE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=099douUPsOE[/video]
 
I wonder how it happened. I guess the U-Joint went, but then how did it ripoff like this, there are two shock absorbers and two training arms and possible a torque arm to the transmission.
It just seemed to happily fall out the back as if it was just the driveshaft and shock absorbers holding it in.
 
Old muscle like that probably doesn't have trailing arms etc like we do, so one of the u-bolts failed and the torque twist then snapped the other one. Notice how the axle seems to go askew after he launched.
 
Wow thanks for posting , they will be talking about that one down the old boozzer for some time
 
That happened to a local chap. He had attempted his first welding on a 1st gen Firebird. Didn't get penetration and then tried to peel out in front of a pub. Axle spat out the back, rear 1/4's crumpled and fuel tank split.
 
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