New gears = cracked diff
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/perf...expecting.html
I believe they are correct in my case. Same thing happened to a buddy of mine on the same day at the track, he broke his main shaft but his diff survived only damaging the ring and pinion.
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The car has a built stage 3 diff, built trans with stock main shaft, DTE brace and stock torque tube.
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Well the builder of the transmission was in agreement with the builder of the diff that the broken tranny shaft was my link to all the breakage.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/perf...expecting.html
I believe they are correct in my case. Same thing happened to a buddy of mine on the same day at the track, he broke his main shaft but his diff survived only damaging the ring and pinion.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/perf...expecting.html
I believe they are correct in my case. Same thing happened to a buddy of mine on the same day at the track, he broke his main shaft but his diff survived only damaging the ring and pinion.
Sorry for your misfortune.
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So what about Kurtomacs and Chris Stewarts which both broke at the same angle, same location and their cases survived just fine?
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If you feel confident that the trans took out your differential, that's all that really matters...after all...it's your car...and more importantly....your money.
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Just a hypothesis on my part. Looking at Kurtomacs pics, while the trans shaft failed, it clearly snapped...unlike yours.
If you feel confident that the trans took out your differential, that's all that really matters...after all...it's your car...and more importantly....your money.
If you feel confident that the trans took out your differential, that's all that really matters...after all...it's your car...and more importantly....your money.
