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Old 04-12-2018, 10:41 AM   #116
John V
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Originally Posted by Terry Kennedy View Post
Atoms were regularly snapping hubs and driveshafts even though they were off the Cobalt SS which was a much heavier car.
The stresses put on hubs and halfshafts has more to do with just the weight of the vehicle.

Given the other, uh, "interesting" engineering done on the Atom, it would not surprise me at all that parts taken from another car would have reliability problems when installed in an Atom.
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