08FG XR6T Member 12 Member For: 16y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/10/08 08:05 AM Share Posted 11/10/08 08:05 AM (edited) hi I just wanted to know if any body has any problems with the rear axle in the fg xr6t. I took my car down to the drags last week and I took off from the line with launch assist, I got a sh*t load of axle tramp then went about 20 metres and the drivers side rear axle snapped. ford is still deciding wheather or not to cover it with warranty Edited 11/10/08 09:29 AM by tab de-fonted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr0500 Donating Members 321 Member For: 18y 10m 28d Gender: Male Location: Hobart, TAS Posted 11/10/08 08:29 AM Share Posted 11/10/08 08:29 AM Oh dear, sorry to hear that...How many revs had you stalled it up to??You didnt tell them you did it at the drags did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08FG XR6T Member 12 Member For: 16y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/10/08 08:37 AM Author Share Posted 11/10/08 08:37 AM I had it stalled up to the standard 3500rpm with launch assist. I didnt tell ford that I was down at the drags. I just cleaned of all the rubber and took it in and said that it snapped while using launch assist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevs Member 781 Member For: 17y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: balmain Posted 11/10/08 09:22 AM Share Posted 11/10/08 09:22 AM id be pissed if its not covered after all they installed launch assist into the car from factory ? lets see how long it takes untill ford flash the computer so you cant use launch assist above 2000rpm or something once a few more brake some more parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdan Well-Hard Bangin' Member Member 3,422 Member For: 17y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Perff, WA Posted 11/10/08 10:49 AM Share Posted 11/10/08 10:49 AM is this you???WA Spotted ThreadSorry, not funny at all... sorry for your loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Member 376 Member For: 16y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: The Ville Posted 11/10/08 10:52 AM Share Posted 11/10/08 10:52 AM id say its covered because launch control is there and to be used as Trevs said it comes out factory with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 9m 22d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 11/10/08 01:11 PM Share Posted 11/10/08 01:11 PM Did you drop the clutch or feed it out mate? Much axle tramp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08FG XR6T Member 12 Member For: 16y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/10/08 11:28 PM Author Share Posted 11/10/08 11:28 PM I just dropped the clutch because that's what it says in the manual and I did have alot of axle tramp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 21y 3m 24d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 13/10/08 03:49 AM Share Posted 13/10/08 03:49 AM (edited) That axle tramp sounds very unhealthy when it happens. It does sound like something is going to break. Edited 13/10/08 03:50 AM by Benny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 13/10/08 03:53 AM Share Posted 13/10/08 03:53 AM Hopefully this will prompt Ford to make some decent axles/cv's that will be standard fitment from now on?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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