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10-02-2002, 03:45 PM
I made a downshift, and BAM tore the thing right up.
It was a solid bang, then it sounded like the tranny was making a wierd metallic whining/rubbing sound while cruising at 75mph or so. I could also smell something burning (maybe the epoxy on the shaft?). When I slowed down and pulled over it didn't seem to make the same noises. The car acted fine. I towed it home that nite.
I threw it on jackstands this morning, and ran it through the gears once, and every gear seemed fine until I hit about 70mph, then the noises came back again.
I looked underneath, and sure enough it was torn right where the shaft made contact with the d/s loop. There was even red paint on the shaft from the loop.
I'm hoping the T-56 is OK (not sure). Is there any good way to check?? I was thinking about draining the tranny fluid to see if there are a lot of metal shavings that come out ?? Not sure if that will tell all.
It tore (I think), because a while back my torque arm bracket that attaches the torque arm to the 12 bolt rear end broke, and that caused my drivetrain to move in directions it wasn't supposed to. Therefore, my c/f d/s probably rubbed against the d/s loop, burning away some of the epoxy on the shaft, and weakening it a bit. Well finally, this last down shift I did snapped it right at the weak point.
It was a solid bang, then it sounded like the tranny was making a wierd metallic whining/rubbing sound while cruising at 75mph or so. I could also smell something burning (maybe the epoxy on the shaft?). When I slowed down and pulled over it didn't seem to make the same noises. The car acted fine. I towed it home that nite.
I threw it on jackstands this morning, and ran it through the gears once, and every gear seemed fine until I hit about 70mph, then the noises came back again.
I looked underneath, and sure enough it was torn right where the shaft made contact with the d/s loop. There was even red paint on the shaft from the loop.
I'm hoping the T-56 is OK (not sure). Is there any good way to check?? I was thinking about draining the tranny fluid to see if there are a lot of metal shavings that come out ?? Not sure if that will tell all.
It tore (I think), because a while back my torque arm bracket that attaches the torque arm to the 12 bolt rear end broke, and that caused my drivetrain to move in directions it wasn't supposed to. Therefore, my c/f d/s probably rubbed against the d/s loop, burning away some of the epoxy on the shaft, and weakening it a bit. Well finally, this last down shift I did snapped it right at the weak point.