Was there any signs that something was wrong in there?

I mean, had your front diff not failed, would you have ever noticed, or had you noticed anything different?

 

My philosophy has always been "You aren't having fun unless you break S**t"

 

scary thing is car drove fine.

found out by the tranny magnet with metal on it. as part of normal tranny fluid change after last event.

fluid changed after each weekend and has always been fine till last one. one symtoms. so if you change fluid enough and no metal shavings you are good!

all gears and syncros were perfect.

 

apparently you and I think alike!!

 

Guess I'm going to change mine as well then. May call Viper Bob and ask how they do it.

 

it seems as though just the one drain plug and looks fast and easy but remember I am a vascular surgeon not a car mechanic!!

 

tons of torque, things break

replace and move on.

Keep up the great driving

 

Tom,
Did the drain plug have the 'flower' with fine particles on it after each weekend? I was told that it was 'normal' to see that.

 

Sorry about the R&P. I had a 1st gear pinon on the input shaft fail on a G64 and it looked the same. It that case it turned out that there is a coating P uses on the gears. Almost like a metal bonding IIRC. At any rate, they had some issues with it and it would chip on the pinon and screw up the gear it mated with. Probably not helpful but it sure looked the same.

 

not to my knowledge ususally is clean