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My torque tube needs help. Why should I do it?

Posted on 08/25/2010 7:44:29 PM PDT by When do we get liberated?

I am ordering parts to repair the torque tube on my 1970 Opel GT. The question I have is, why is it there? What purpose does it serve? It would seem to me that a simple driveshaft would suffice, but no, I have a heavy (everything seems heavy in an 1800 pound car) piece that serves, as far as I can see, no purpose. I have read the Wikipedia definition of what it does, but this makes no sense to me. Can someone tell me in layman's terms why it is there?


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To: shibumi; Dr. Eckleburg

“We were laughing because a month or so ago, on a completely unrelated thread, i made a crack about getting a bovine “in the mood” by showing it pictures from the “Cowma Sutra.” This has the makings of a meme.”

Heh heh ... I can see how you could milk that until it came home ... I was kind of getting a kick out of the spread of the rear end being braced to take on the stiffer drive shaft ... Carma Sutra just HAD to be brought up ... so to speak.


81 posted on 08/25/2010 10:20:10 PM PDT by jessduntno (The Grand Old Potty needs to be flushed ... vote for Conservatives in November.)
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To: madamemayhem

all he needs to fix this Opel is some lobstah & buttah’


82 posted on 08/25/2010 10:37:37 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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To: When do we get liberated?

83 posted on 08/25/2010 10:39:40 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: When do we get liberated?
“My torque tube needs help. Why should I do it?”
It keeps the neuter valve and the flux capacitor aligned.If you get turbulence between those two components your car will be immediately sucked into a black hole
84 posted on 08/25/2010 11:00:08 PM PDT by hwkbeer (I will pursue my enemy and not stop till I consume him.)
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To: shibumi

Your torquetube?

Nasty and your personal problem. /s


85 posted on 08/25/2010 11:25:21 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: When do we get liberated?
My torque tube needs help.

Yeah, I hate it when that happens.

My flip zorch needed help recently.

It got better, though.

86 posted on 08/26/2010 12:18:56 AM PDT by Allegra (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: Billthedrill

I wouldn’t mind losing Toledo, OH.


87 posted on 08/26/2010 4:06:02 AM PDT by TheOldLady (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: Billthedrill

And probably Cleveland, Muncie,and Saginaw too.


88 posted on 08/26/2010 4:26:29 AM PDT by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: mylife

At the Jaguar dealer you can see bodacious ones.


89 posted on 08/26/2010 4:30:15 AM PDT by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: sleddogs

No idea how to post em


90 posted on 08/26/2010 6:35:17 AM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism-Steve Hamel.)
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To: Kommodor

It’s 275, but I dont believe I have room for the turbo exhaust under the hood. This is a seriously small car.


91 posted on 08/26/2010 7:00:12 AM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism-Steve Hamel.)
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To: Kommodor

It’s 275, but I dont believe I have room for the turbo exhaust under the hood. This is a seriously small car.


92 posted on 08/26/2010 7:00:16 AM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism-Steve Hamel.)
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To: When do we get liberated?
No dents, no rust, painted Carracas Red with black interior. Lenk Racing lowered suspension, 1 inch sway bar front 3/4 inch rear, BBS wheels, front brakes modified from a “75 station wagon, new interior, Weber 36/32 carb, header (still feels weird not having an S on the end of header), polyurethane bushings all around, 50 series BF Goodrich z rated tires. Koni gas adjust shocks on the way tommorow or Friday. Built it frame up, it is a monocoque car, so that means engine and spring cradles removed. Replaced every part with new. Every bolt, clamp, bushing and washer. Rewired the car front to back (That was wicked pissah fun)She bad.

Nice!!

93 posted on 08/26/2010 1:50:31 PM PDT by China Clipper (My favorite animals usually are found next to the rice on my plate.)
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To: Erasmus

Awesome!


94 posted on 08/26/2010 4:01:51 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
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