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Posted by Chris Case @ San Diego on Sunday, January 06, 2008 at 09:57:37 :
In Reply to: Warn M13 (DL23) hub follow up-drive pins posted by Doc Dave on Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 20:22:21 :
OK,I doubt if anybody here is surprised that I don't believe something - anything.
Several points:
1) The drive pins don't have to be any harder than their mating substrate.
2) Nobody would want their product to be the fail safe. Why would Warn want to protect Dana's drivetrain, instead of being able to say "Our hubs are stronger than Dana's wimpy parts" instead of it being said " My drive train is doing fine, but those wimpy Warn POS hubs blew up again"? Hey, the stock solid drive hubs don't 'break away' to protect the drivetrain, do they? I doubt if Warn made theirs weaker on purpose.
3) Hardenable steel cost 3-5 times as much as plain steel. I can buy new bolts for $1.50 per pound. How much did you pay for those hardened dowel pins?
4) Soft steel was adequate for how many years?
5) How would anybody today know without talking to Warn's executives?
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