broke at pg project thread

[dsmreck]

Yup it's broken. First run i granny shifted and pretty much did everything wrong 13.35. Next run I went for it and so far I know I broke an ear on the diff cover, and two halves of the driveshaft are on the ground, not sure if its u joints or a broken drive shaft yet. I am coming to trailer it home tomorrow and I will start looking into it....Pics to come

[turbotalon1g]

WTF?

That is the weirdest breakage Ive ever heard of.

I heard there were a few more break downs.....

[Tachyon]

Sucks, dude. Do they have a place at BIR where you can leave a car for a few days?

[b00sted_spyder]

If the driveshaft fell out of the car, it is toast. Any dents is no good. It will not be round and will have runout. Time for an aluminum shaft!

[dsmreck]

Thanks guys. Yes they stored it in the A building for me and my wife was soooo happy to drive down to pick me up. I picked it up and got it home. didnt even want to start looking real hard yet. the u joints connecting the first to second was sheared and gone as well as the last one connecting to the yoke on the rear diff. also the drivers side ear of the diff is broke off. Hope the axles survived...I was nervous and tried to tree the light @ 5,000 rpms and dropped the clutch. Strange part is when I bought the car the kid before me also broke the diff cover, it broke clean off the car. Makes me wonder why? trans and transfer not matched? bad driveshaft from what he did? others? There was noise on decel. Even after the lsd swap. not at first but very soon after.

[EclipseGST]

I've broken a couple, whats nice though is you can just change the rear diff cover and the diff should still be good. I welded up a nice mount on the drivers side of the pinion to bolt to the diff. Basically just like the passenger side on the front of the diff but I welded it it solid to the sub-frame and bolted it up to the diff... No more flex.

[dsmreck]

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t503/nickreck/th_IMG_0884.jpg (http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t503/nickreck/IMG_0884.mp4)

here it is 525hp 425tq dumb ass launch. eclipsegst I do have another cover just need to get someone to remove a broke off cover bolt for me. and yes the bracket idea is on my mind. nick says he has a driveshaft for me just need to get to his house sometime.

[dsmreck]

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t503/nickreck/photo.jpg (http://s1063.photobucket.com/user/nickreck/media/photo.jpg.html)

[dsmreck]

http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t503/nickreck/photo-1.jpg (http://s1063.photobucket.com/user/nickreck/media/photo-1.jpg.html)

[scheides]

Ugh that sucks man! Hopefully its a quick fix and get it back on the road!