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NiteMare:
my uncle used to run series 2/2a station wagons, he told me when i first got my 88 that it would usually be the short halfshaft that snapped, and it usually happened to him as he drove off the pavement....

this pretty much makes sense as he probably got a tiny wheelspin as it dropped off the kerb and then bit again as it hit the road surface...

due to him telling me this i'm pretty gentle pulling away from outside friends houses and similar parking spots

Range Rover Blues:
On the permemntant 4wd (coil sprung) LRs it's often the shorter one and conventional wisdom is that it's because the shorter one has less twist to absorb shock loading, caused as you say by one wheel gathering speed whilst off the ground then suddenly coming into contsact withthe ground again.  Avoid wheelspinning ;)

Funny though, I had a 1600 sport Escort when I was younger and after a fair bit of wheelspinning and driving like a hooligan I snapped an engine mount clean off.

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