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Differential Blow Out?
The strangest thing. Turning a corner to the right, my wife accelerates slowly, then...clunk...clunk... then no forward or reverse available. The CVs are ok, the trans shifts and the clutch is working.
I can spin both rear wheels the same direction effortlessly. One or the other spins either direction, in gear or not. Help! 
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05-21-2003, 12:34 PM
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Re: Differential Blow Out?
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Never let your wife drive your car SnapperHead, never.. hehee J/K
How would you know the clutch and trans are fine if you can't get the car to move forward or backward?.. clarify please, so I can breathe more sarcasm on this and not offer any real help. Frank B
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jeeez..didn't the doctor say only decaf, Frank?
sorry Kirby, let's try to get you up to post #4 now while Frank looks for his meds 
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05-21-2003, 06:27 PM
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dude I cut back on coffee big time. no meds here man
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05-21-2003, 07:26 PM
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Differential Blowout?
I pushed the car home and put it up on jackstands to check out anything :
Torque tube to Trans link - OK Clutch engages and disengages - OK CV Joints all working(not broken) - OK Shift pattern/Trans selects gears in a normal pattern(no catches or hang spots) Movement of the driveshaft in the torque tube does not elicit ANY movement of the wheels. |
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05-21-2003, 07:54 PM
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Where did the Clunk Clunk come from? Find that out and youll find your problem.
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05-21-2003, 08:08 PM
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sounds like ring & pinion
empty the gear oil and collect the 'evidence'
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at least $12-1800 from your wallet. thats what it sounds like to me.
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Thank you all for your submissions....The pinion gear sheared off a half dozen teeth somehow. The transmission is still intact (recently rebuilt). I decided to replace them with original 931 tooth count ring and pinion; 1/2 the price of the Turbo gear.
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still expensive I'll bet
besides, the turbo r&p would have noticeably reduced your acceleration
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05-30-2003, 09:28 PM
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That's a shame. How much was your estimate (assuming you've priced it out) for repair?..
I'm starting to loose third gear on the down shift....hey, nothing like double clutching eh?
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Speedy 007 guessed it close $550 parts $750 labor. $1300 on top of $500 earlier for syncros and bearings, and $900 in a clutch.
Teeth just fractured off the pinion, no metal shavings, no reason. I am starting to loose faith in the engineers at Porsche; breakage from abuse I can see, random unprovoked failures make me crazy.
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