look what happened on my bday...

**vonskeezy28** · 04-15-2010, 04:52 PM

after tearing shit apart.... this is what i found.... i sure hope that it had nothing to do with the whole tranny though.

**mammoth713** · 04-15-2010, 05:07 PM

uhh what the hell happened.

**vonskeezy28** · 04-15-2010, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by mammoth713

uhh what the hell happened.

lol im guessing the rear tranny housing was the whole prob because it was cracked in half.... i hope its not the whole tranny though.. going to replace the tail housing and go from there..

look at the last few pics..

**Ferndogg** · 04-15-2010, 05:14 PM

Happy birthday lol

**vonskeezy28** · 04-15-2010, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Ferndogg

Happy birthday lol

hahaha happy belated maybe? lol it was awhile ago march13..

**MrMasterCraft** · 04-15-2010, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by vonskee-z28

hahaha happy belated maybe? lol it was awhile ago march13..

Didn't happen to be a friday did it?

On a more serious note, that's crazy! Never seen one do that!

**c5z28** · 04-15-2010, 05:35 PM

Weren't doing any launches were you?

**mammoth713** · 04-15-2010, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by vonskee-z28

lol im guessing the rear tranny housing was the whole prob because it was cracked in half.... i hope its not the whole tranny though.. going to replace the tail housing and go from there..

look at the last few pics..

yeah i saw the pics.. what would cause the tail housing to just crack in half like that

**c5z28** · 04-15-2010, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by mammoth713

yeah i saw the pics.. what would cause the tail housing to just crack in half like that

torque arm stressing it

**vonskeezy28** · 04-15-2010, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by MrMasterCraft

Didn't happen to be a friday did it?

On a more serious note, that's crazy! Never seen one do that!

haha friday the 13th? lol nope it was 4 in the morning..

Originally Posted by c5z28

Weren't doing any launches were you?

what happens in highway37 stays in highway37 lol haha

Originally Posted by mammoth713

yeah i saw the pics.. what would cause the tail housing to just crack in half like that

i have no idea... something blew under the car and i smelled tranny fluid thru the smoke... i would like to know why it happened though.. still hoping that it isnt the whole tranny..

**vonskeezy28** · 04-15-2010, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by c5z28

torque arm stressing it

so how would the torque arm do that?

**c5z28** · 04-15-2010, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by vonskee-z28

so how would the torque arm do that?

torque arm mounts to the tail shaft as you saw, it takes a lot of strength to keep that rear end from jumping around. That is why they sell body mounted torque arms and long torque arms w/ relocated attachments.

So were you doing runs from a dig?

**cammed goat** · 04-15-2010, 06:16 PM

FKKIN WOW!!! The last time I saw scheisse like that was years ago when my friend and I were headed to a hobby shop in his mother's Dodge Shadow convertible. He was doing 80 on the highway and shifted the auto from D to 2nd then back to D...but he missed D...and N...and went into R. Punched a 6 inch hole through the bellhousing and the car bled on the shoulder. Pissed ATF for about a quarter mile. He called his father who called a hook...and his father and myself both laughed at him.

**Z28Thunder** · 04-15-2010, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by cammed goat

FKKIN WOW!!! The last time I saw scheisse like that was years ago when my friend and I were headed to a hobby shop in his mother's Dodge Shadow convertible. He was doing 80 on the highway and shifted the auto from D to 2nd then back to D...but he missed D...and N...and went into R. Punched a 6 inch hole through the bellhousing and the car bled on the shoulder. Pissed ATF for about a quarter mile. He called his father who called a hook...and his father and myself both laughed at him.

WoW I am suprised about getting into R in auto once driving. Heck here I go TV bench racing even Mythbusters tried this with several cars. They were never able to shift into reverse. Maybe his neutral lockout was bad??? I know all auto's come with it. Not doubting just suprised.

**cammed goat** · 04-15-2010, 06:56 PM

Yup. Small grind then BANG!!!

**vonskeezy28** · 04-16-2010, 03:15 AM

Originally Posted by c5z28

torque arm mounts to the tail shaft as you saw, it takes a lot of strength to keep that rear end from jumping around. That is why they sell body mounted torque arms and long torque arms w/ relocated attachments.

So were you doing runs from a dig?

not at all.. we were coming from napa so we took the ramp going towards santa rosa/mare island and i punched it.. it was on drive the whole time i let the auto do its own work.. before we hit the last exit before the mare island bridge boom tons of smokecame out from the bottom and i knew it was tranny cuz i smelled it.. i put it on neutral and coasted the exit to the shoulder. and leak leak leak leak leak for 2 days... shit when i was tearing it apart it leaked all over my shirt and sweats. lol

i was scared as shit though man i was lucky fluids didnt hit my tires till i was almost to stop.. i woulda spun out and hit something...

**Z28boy2000** · 04-16-2010, 08:58 AM

wow thats crazy, time to think about a torque arm relo with that new housing

**67CamaroRSSS** · 04-16-2010, 09:08 AM

This is why I have an adjustable body mount T/A on my 02. Takes the stress off of the tailshaft and allows me to set pinion angle.

**jray0305usa** · 04-16-2010, 09:22 AM

ive herd of this b4 on a dudes lt1 what happened is the torque arm was loose and after a while it snapped the tail housing...

**bene** · 04-16-2010, 09:25 AM

Do you still have a steel DS? Steel DS (stock ones) usually vibrates alot more in the higher speeds. This happened to me too when I had my auto. I was actually roll racing another T/A then boom. Broke the tail shaft housing. Replaced that and the DS itself w/ aluminum one and was done with it.