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Old 04-19-11, 11:54 AM
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I just had too much torque I guess...
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Well in my series of blown up stuff I'll add this in there.
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Old 04-19-11, 12:57 PM
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Excellent failure Sam! One to be proud of for sure. What is it with you and gears?




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Excellent failure Sam! One to be proud of for sure. What is it with you and gears?




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Good question! First the transmission, then the rear end, now the engine ... any more gears that I'm missing here to rip out lol?

The transmission has been fixed with the Miata guts, the rear end also received the miata treatment with a torsen diff, is there a miata stationary gear and available?

I do drive the hell out of my car, with the way its driven at the track plus the daily driven abuse, that motor should be pulled and refreshed like a race engine every other weekend
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Wow Sam! Nice work!

I should have an extra front stationary gear laying around if you need it.... it's yours if you pay shipping.

I've got a good used rotor housing too if you need one.
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Was that a hardened gear?
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holy crap, epic failure indeed!
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man that blowed up real good. I think you have ran out of gears to break now.
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Originally Posted by rwatson5651
Was that a hardened gear?
Doubt it, not sure if there's any real way of telling with it looking like that neither.
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maybe some temporary oil starvation condition to the front?
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maybe some temporary oil starvation condition to the front?
the bearing IS totally f-ed up....
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yeah, that was actually just an add-on to the thought i posted in his original thread. i was thinking that for whatever reason, there was some pre-existing fracture to the gear and maybe some kind of transient oil starvation caused e-shaft contact which opened the crack and voila ... the spinning rotor did the rest. i don't know, that's my attempt at being a modern-day Columbo.
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Originally Posted by diabolical1
yeah, that was actually just an add-on to the thought i posted in his original thread. i was thinking that for whatever reason, there was some pre-existing fracture to the gear and maybe some kind of transient oil starvation caused e-shaft contact which opened the crack and voila ... the spinning rotor did the rest. i don't know, that's my attempt at being a modern-day Columbo.
yes you're right, we don't know sams whereabouts on the night of the 18th [rubs stuble on chin] hmmm
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hmmm, indeed ....
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Not sure if oil starvation was in the equation, was just in straight line, no turn or anything.
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Not sure if oil starvation was in the equation, was just in straight line, no turn or anything.
the gear? or the oil?
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Well since you broke it now you can make it better. P-port time.
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
the gear? or the oil?
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Well get it back together so you can go to the Mitty with us!
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That rotor was a hungry man chicken dinner!
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If the engine stopped right after it happened, then the bearing siezed. That's way too much bearing wear to occur from just the gear failure. Nicely done. Be thankful it didn't happen on a high speed sweeper.
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Originally Posted by trochoid
If the engine stopped right after it happened, then the bearing siezed. That's way too much bearing wear to occur from just the gear failure. Nicely done. Be thankful it didn't happen on a high speed sweeper.
ours did! we threw away everything
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