Transaxle trouble Options

[Hank914]

I earlier added to the "what you did today thread" but I thought I would start a new thread with some more details on my transaxle troubles.

So I recently installed by rebuilt tranny after the PNW tranny clinic. I also converted from tail to side shift, and all the bushings. The previous owner (40 yrs) rebuilt the engine after 97k miles in 2007, but afaik did nothing on the tranny. The bushings were shot. Last weekend, after logging 120 test miles around Central Oregon, I thought I'd take her down to the Bay Area. About 130 miles into the trip, I hear a loud bang and spin a 360 into the ditch. During the fun, I figured I had a blowout. But not tire problems just a locked up rear differential.

I pulled the tranny and this is what I saw. (Please excuse the large photos, but it adds detail)




So I opened up the tranny case and found some interesting stuff.

Pictures to follow...

[Dr Evil]

Not sure what 6freak is talking about, but to address your qustions.

This is not common. I have seen one come to me to be repaired out of over 300 I have had my hands in. A few things to note regarding yours:

You have new bearings and they were fitted just fine. You did not have any galling on your pinion, this was inspected at time of rebuild and I had parts on hand to swap if there was. This is most likely due to metal fatigue from 40yrs of use, but I can not be sure. Pinion was not reset and did not need it. It would need to be way out to be the cause of that.

It would appear that the guts are in good shape for the most part, and we can work with that.

One possibility is that with the rebuild there was a change in how stresses in the transmission were communicated to the parts and it found the weakest spot. However, I am speculating.

I'll help you get this sorted out with as little pain as possible.

[6freak]

Not sure what 6freak is talking about,

just saying with the party type atmosphere (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif) it could be easy to miss details.. your still at 99.5% to the good (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

if its man made it can break,even when new
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