Driveshaft Destruction!
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Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Dallas, TX / Boston, MA
so I popped the seal off and got the rest of the yoke out. here are some pics. they dont match up to the body of the yoke, so obviously pieces got grenaded at the track. You can see in the pictures, that there is another crack going almost all the way around it.
as i had to remove the old seal (which was damaged anyways), i will have to replace the seal/bushing before i can put another shaft in it and put some fluid in there to test for leaks.
as i had to remove the old seal (which was damaged anyways), i will have to replace the seal/bushing before i can put another shaft in it and put some fluid in there to test for leaks.
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Yeah, I know of a local 480rwhp GTO that broke one of those 1,000hp shafts. It broke at the weld on the rear yoke.
The track was hooking good Saturday. I was not having to do much of a burnout to get traction.
At least your were not the S2000 that oiled down the track.
The track was hooking good Saturday. I was not having to do much of a burnout to get traction.
At least your were not the S2000 that oiled down the track.
Yeah, I know of a local 480rwhp GTO that broke one of those 1,000hp shafts. It broke at the weld on the rear yoke.
The track was hooking good Saturday. I was not having to do much of a burnout to get traction.
At least your were not the S2000 that oiled down the track.
The track was hooking good Saturday. I was not having to do much of a burnout to get traction.
At least your were not the S2000 that oiled down the track.
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Ouch! I raced him once and he beat me. I think he ran a 12.1 to my 12.7. I talked to him a little while in the lanes. Fast S2000. Well, it was.
Check the driveshaft to make sure it slides in all the way. When you install the new driveshaft it shouid only pull out 1/2-1 inch. Make sure you check it with all the weight on the rearend as if it was sitting on the ground
Yeah, I know of a local 480rwhp GTO that broke one of those 1,000hp shafts. It broke at the weld on the rear yoke.
The track was hooking good Saturday. I was not having to do much of a burnout to get traction.
At least your were not the S2000 that oiled down the track.
The track was hooking good Saturday. I was not having to do much of a burnout to get traction.
At least your were not the S2000 that oiled down the track.
Was he spraying? I am pretty sure that is the same car I raced back in October of 07 at Ennis. I have it on video.
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Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Dallas, TX / Boston, MA
just got off the phone with PST. They've 'reviewed my case' so to say, and have determined that its probably just a bad casting on the yoke and are going to install a new yoke, check the balance and send it back. They paid shipping both ways. +1 for their customer service!
I have the tailshaft back on the tranny. I didnt find any abnormal metal parts in there, nor cracks in the tailshaft... but the tailshaft bushing (metal sleeve where the DS goes in) was all kinds of hacked up, so went ahead and replaced that along with the output seal. the new Timken bushing actually looks to be of a simpled bronze/brass instead of a smooth aluminum like the stocker.
so once i get that shaft back in the car, i just gotta filler back up with syncromesh, get the shifter/console back together and prey the tranny doesnt make any weird noises when i start it back up again.
what an unnecessary headache this has all been... but at least the involved vendors have been very helpful, and i'm only out the cost of a seal/bushing and 4qts of synromesh
I have the tailshaft back on the tranny. I didnt find any abnormal metal parts in there, nor cracks in the tailshaft... but the tailshaft bushing (metal sleeve where the DS goes in) was all kinds of hacked up, so went ahead and replaced that along with the output seal. the new Timken bushing actually looks to be of a simpled bronze/brass instead of a smooth aluminum like the stocker.
so once i get that shaft back in the car, i just gotta filler back up with syncromesh, get the shifter/console back together and prey the tranny doesnt make any weird noises when i start it back up again.
what an unnecessary headache this has all been... but at least the involved vendors have been very helpful, and i'm only out the cost of a seal/bushing and 4qts of synromesh
