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Old May 3, 2015 | 11:03 PM
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94 z28 A4, part throttle taking off right when it was time to shift into second heard a loud thud and motor seemed bogged down.. pulled trans and found this. Car would not move in forward or reverse like something was bound up in the trans.



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It looks like the snap ring that hold the output shaft in has come loose. Pull on the output shaft and see if it will slide in and out of the trans a few inches. With the snap ring loose and the tail housing removed the output shaft will slide all of the way out.
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Oh, I thought that the torque bar sometimes cracked the tail housing, but I have no experience with torque bars. Just what I read here.
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I didn’t notice a crack. It looked like maybe the output shaft was sticking out too far. Maybe he could give a little more info.
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I didn't notice any cracks. I'll be pulling the tail housing off to inspect.
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Well now we know.
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That sucks, but like you said now you know.
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Got a Revmax 3400 stall on the way and a Performabuilt trans. I'll tear this one down in the mean time to learn.
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