So like I did a mas rapido exit ...
 

and this happened......

Snapped the axle.....

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An LSD WON'T get ya home when it's like this....passenger side inboard......no gears and ya be stranded.....

Yeouch.

Lost one of my balls too....

More ball busting....

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Mike, tell us a little more about mas rapido...


JA

Spanish for muy el fasto dropping the clutch and going fast....and then going OHCHIT, then slowing down and grabbing the cell phone and calling AAA....

Flat bedded myazz home, did the pull and called in for a rebuilt unit which is what I should have done in the first place....



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I am sure it wasn't your driving... :rolleyes:

Can't be...cause I'm always looking for you in my rear view mirror....

Just wondering... should you replace the other side too (so you have two new sides)? Or, with a driveshaft do you only need to replace the broken one?

let's see: snapped 2nd gear in the tranny a couple of month ago - now snapped a rear axle, maybe a sportomatic, hm

OK, yer right....but it's STILL fun.....

oh and before I forget what happened to the rear end of the 356. That one also went up in flames after a spirited start :D

Ah blow me...WE WERE BOTH drinking that day.....

Got a complete axle assembly from Eric Scott Shea a poster here and on the 914 club board....excellent service...

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If ya don't mind me asking...how many pesos for a nice looking new stub like that?


JA

Retail is something like 300 ish....not bad considering bare CVs are like 75 each....

Crap////looks like the hex head fasteners need to be trimmed

Or order shorter ones from McMaster. The new CVs are thinner than OEM.

Ingo,

Any chance you might have photos of these incidents? You know, ones of Mike with something funny sticking out of his nose or the interesting hats that he seems to wear from time to time?

Mike, if I wasnt in Dubai or India this week would come over and lend a hand! :)

Joe A