Goldbullet Member 883 Member For: 19y 10m 7d Location: Frankston Posted 21/12/05 09:54 AM Author Share Posted 21/12/05 09:54 AM Dave,Sorry to hear about this .. although not unexpected.Exactly which part broke? Your first post is a bit vague.Is it the diff, 1/2 shaft or inner CV?If the outer cage of the inner CV goes you will lose ball bearings and have metal fragments.I know Craig and myself have had the inner CV outer cage explode.My belief is that this is the first major weakpoint at the rear.I do have some pics of this.... will post at a future date when I sort out the pics.I'm interested in what parts are failing.thanksBrian<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Brian from what I have seen and been told by Ford it is the tail shaft has cracked and the diff is shot, I dont know much more. I do know it was totally my fault and not the car's I shifted into 2nd to late at about 4500 revs with the shift kit I have fitted it was to much.Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flukey Seriously Flukey Member Donating Members 4,354 Member For: 20y 10m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/12/05 10:37 AM Share Posted 21/12/05 10:37 AM Hope Bullet is all better soon Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldbullet Member 883 Member For: 19y 10m 7d Location: Frankston Posted 21/12/05 10:48 AM Author Share Posted 21/12/05 10:48 AM Hope Bullet is all better soon Dave.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>She will be back home tomorrow Luke.Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G6ET8U Playing with Sports Bikes... Silver Donating Members 1,927 Member For: 19y 3m 2d Gender: Male Location: Whistling, GTX. Posted 21/12/05 10:50 AM Share Posted 21/12/05 10:50 AM Good luck with the fix on your driveline... sounds like you have really done a number on it...What wheels were you going to get?Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 6m 8d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 21/12/05 10:57 AM Share Posted 21/12/05 10:57 AM ford = ludacris prises... mediocre parts..I hope you get your car sorted soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldbullet Member 883 Member For: 19y 10m 7d Location: Frankston Posted 21/12/05 11:05 AM Author Share Posted 21/12/05 11:05 AM The car has gone to Ford because I can have my car fixed before xmas if I go any where else I will have no chance, and yes they have been fantastic service has been 1st class.Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 19y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 21/12/05 08:18 PM Share Posted 21/12/05 08:18 PM A couple of things I dont understand:1. You say you changed too late at 4500 - ??? You should be able to change at any level of revs surely? 4500 is far too low to be breaking things.2. You say dont want aftermarket - most of the aftermarket stuff is either Ford 9 inch based, or better - so I think you are wrong there.Any good Machining shop should be able to make a IRS centre out of a 9 inch (I have one in my Cobra). The issue after the diff is always going to be the CVs though. A Nine inch centre, with LSD should set you back maybe $1,500. I would guess at a cost of around as much again to get the independent setup working in your car.Best of luck with the next diff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Forum Superhero Donating Members 3,109 Member For: 21y 2m 4d Location: Eastern Suburbs of Mexico Posted 21/12/05 09:22 PM Share Posted 21/12/05 09:22 PM Sorry to hear Dave. It seems the weakest part in the driveline at those sort of power levels is normally the CV's, so that is very strange. But then again I think I am the only one that has sheared and Axel spline, so is'nt it good to be a pioneer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmooth Member 105 Member For: 19y 2m 5d Location: Canberra Posted 21/12/05 11:20 PM Share Posted 21/12/05 11:20 PM The car has gone to Ford because I can have my car fixed before xmas if I go any where else I will have no chance, and yes they have been fantastic service has been 1st class.Dave.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Bloody hell Dave, you've got a good dealer there!! Stick with 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotom Team Bute Donating Members 1,550 Member For: 21y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 22/12/05 12:37 AM Share Posted 22/12/05 12:37 AM The car has gone to Ford because I can have my car fixed before xmas if I go any where else I will have no chance, and yes they have been fantastic service has been 1st class.Dave.Bloody hell Dave, you've got a good dealer there!! Stick with 'em.Good Dealer? at $5000 ??? I bet there's just about any workshop that would take that job on.Hey, I can understand you needing the car for Christmas, but to spend that sort of dough and still be in the same predicament with parts that can't sustain the power.... just does NOT make sense to me.But then again, who am I to judge.Just to provide a bit more feedback to us all......Are you running a higher stall converter and have you been using slicks at the drags?I'm just wondering whether these factors might be the difference between the stocky rear end holding together with >300 rwkw or not?Hope all goes welltom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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