e36pig
12-18-2012, 03:50 AM
Going around a corner I snap second for some fun and bam a massive clunk , car instantly pulls hard to the left .. I let off the gas .. car pulls to the right ...
At first I was thinking rear subframe .. I was also thinking stub axle spline
Drove home ever so carefully . Jack it up and have a look as I feared the worst
I am able to spin the wheel fine but hear a deep grinding noise , I follow the shaft while I turn it to find that the stub axle isn't moving .. so I snapped the axle . So happy it wasn't the diff. The night it happened I got online to search for diffs . Normally there are heaps and cheap too , this night not a single diff was available .. I found one the morning before I jacked up the car they wanted $850 .. yes eight hundred and fifty for a 2.93 open diff
I have spare axles in the garage so you can understand why I'm not that upset ...
I try to jack my car up the day after with car stands on the road to replace it .. worst time ever in Australia's 35*c + day I gave up pretty quick and found some one to swap the shafts over for me for $100 .
Someone told me once you weld this diff shits going to break and not just traction ... that guy was right
At first I was thinking rear subframe .. I was also thinking stub axle spline
Drove home ever so carefully . Jack it up and have a look as I feared the worst
I am able to spin the wheel fine but hear a deep grinding noise , I follow the shaft while I turn it to find that the stub axle isn't moving .. so I snapped the axle . So happy it wasn't the diff. The night it happened I got online to search for diffs . Normally there are heaps and cheap too , this night not a single diff was available .. I found one the morning before I jacked up the car they wanted $850 .. yes eight hundred and fifty for a 2.93 open diff
I have spare axles in the garage so you can understand why I'm not that upset ...
I try to jack my car up the day after with car stands on the road to replace it .. worst time ever in Australia's 35*c + day I gave up pretty quick and found some one to swap the shafts over for me for $100 .
Someone told me once you weld this diff shits going to break and not just traction ... that guy was right