01 IRS carnage pics
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Wow!!
Damn..
Ouch. When I changed gears at 48k, one of the spider gears has a small notch in one of the teeth, maybe 2mm deep. The car had to be put back together the next day(Sunday) so we took a little grinder and smoothed the edge and it has been fine the last 5k. Maybe the steel or the forging process in the spider gears is inferior to what is used for the ring and pinion.
01bluesnake, dude you were beating on that poor posi!!
Nice :rockon:
Actually funny thing is this car saw only 1 track outing in its life. Rarely hard launches on the street. It did get driven well however. But I think the one track outing I did this fall was the start of the problem as I wheel hopped real bad before I could pedal out of it. Diff had some seepage as well but then no more so maybe it got hot as well. What did it in completely was a quick 1-2 shift on the street and I felt a nasty metallic bang from the rear so that was prob when it sheered.
:bowdown:
For some reason I can't explain I love seeing carnage (non-accident related of course) done to other peoples cars ....... Maybe it’s a macho thing but I don't know for sure. To be honest this one is a bit disappointing for me. Next time could you put a little more effort into your mechanical major malfunction. Perhaps having the ring gear explode sending it thru of the side of the diff housing taking the axle with it! :banana:
...........throwing a rod at redline works too :thumbsup:
For some reason I can't explain I love seeing carnage (non-accident related of course) done to other peoples cars ....... Maybe it’s a macho thing but I don't know for sure. To be honest this one is a bit disappointing for me. Next time could you put a little more effort into your mechanical major malfunction. Perhaps having the ring gear explode sending it thru of the side of the diff housing taking the axle with it! :banana:
...........throwing a rod at redline works too :thumbsup:
Were you racing with it when it started to clunk?
I'm sure it happened at some point during a hard acceleration event. It had 130,000 miles on it in the end. At some point it was going to let go in there.
My apologies for the lackluster carnage. :-D
May I suggest next time you hear something go "POP!" bury the pedal to the floor until you reach the desired result.
:beer:
Damn. Good thing I granny shift. lol.
lol, that was actually out of (V6&V8SHO) jon's car, i just installed the 03 irs setup, some gears, and the bushing kit. i have a built SRA in my cobra, so not to many worries for me. :beer:
looks like you just need a set of side gears lol. did it damage the carrier or the ring and pinion?
all the damage was contained to the gears, a couple small nics on the rear cover, and a few chips on the pinion. i will be throwing in new set of bearings & seals, ring and pinion, and '03 diff.
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