massive differential failure....BEWARE!!!
11-19-2001, 11:12 PM
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massive differential failure....BEWARE!!!
So less than a month after I got my trans rebuilt I was driving along and all the sudden all hell broke loose...I had a massive failure that blew 3 holes in my tranny case. Gear lube was pouring out of the trans and I got the car towed back to the transmission shop....
fastforward to this week...the trans shop FINALLY got to my car..pulled the trans..and guess what....it was my differential that exploded!! And guess what else....they WON'T COVER IT.....becuase the diff wasn't part of the re-build....WTF!!!!
The diff failed becuase the pin that holds it together cracked in half..and backed it's way out. I'm told that pin is supposed to be SUPER strong.....I have NEVER heard of this happening to ANY maxima...if anyone has had a differential failure...please let me know becuase I need to find out more about it.
I smell foul play...but I don't have any way to go about pinning it on them....if I can't prove that it was their fault then I have to pay for a new differential and half a tranny case...plus the labor on it....
fastforward to this week...the trans shop FINALLY got to my car..pulled the trans..and guess what....it was my differential that exploded!! And guess what else....they WON'T COVER IT.....becuase the diff wasn't part of the re-build....WTF!!!!
The diff failed becuase the pin that holds it together cracked in half..and backed it's way out. I'm told that pin is supposed to be SUPER strong.....I have NEVER heard of this happening to ANY maxima...if anyone has had a differential failure...please let me know becuase I need to find out more about it.
I smell foul play...but I don't have any way to go about pinning it on them....if I can't prove that it was their fault then I have to pay for a new differential and half a tranny case...plus the labor on it....
11-20-2001, 01:57 AM
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Re: massive differential failure....BEWARE!!!
Originally posted by BriGuyMax
So less than a month after I got my trans rebuilt I was driving along and all the sudden all hell broke loose...I had a massive failure that blew 3 holes in my tranny case. Gear lube was pouring out of the trans and I got the car towed back to the transmission shop....
fastforward to this week...the trans shop FINALLY got to my car..pulled the trans..and guess what....it was my differential that exploded!! And guess what else....they WON'T COVER IT.....becuase the diff wasn't part of the re-build....WTF!!!!
The diff failed becuase the pin that holds it together cracked in half..and backed it's way out. I'm told that pin is supposed to be SUPER strong.....I have NEVER heard of this happening to ANY maxima...if anyone has had a differential failure...please let me know becuase I need to find out more about it.
I smell foul play...but I don't have any way to go about pinning it on them....if I can't prove that it was their fault then I have to pay for a new differential and half a tranny case...plus the labor on it....
So less than a month after I got my trans rebuilt I was driving along and all the sudden all hell broke loose...I had a massive failure that blew 3 holes in my tranny case. Gear lube was pouring out of the trans and I got the car towed back to the transmission shop....
fastforward to this week...the trans shop FINALLY got to my car..pulled the trans..and guess what....it was my differential that exploded!! And guess what else....they WON'T COVER IT.....becuase the diff wasn't part of the re-build....WTF!!!!
The diff failed becuase the pin that holds it together cracked in half..and backed it's way out. I'm told that pin is supposed to be SUPER strong.....I have NEVER heard of this happening to ANY maxima...if anyone has had a differential failure...please let me know becuase I need to find out more about it.
I smell foul play...but I don't have any way to go about pinning it on them....if I can't prove that it was their fault then I have to pay for a new differential and half a tranny case...plus the labor on it....
11-20-2001, 05:29 AM
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That happened to my old Prelude. The Diff. pin snapped and blew the entire trans to pcs. $3,500 bucks later I had a new trans in the car. They couldn't salvage anything, the case was shattered, metal all over the bearings, big mess.
11-20-2001, 06:10 AM
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Well, you won't like the way I feel about this. If I remember right (since we don't have sigs anymore), you're running a 50 shot of NOS plus you've got nearly all the boltons plus you've got a 5 speed. With NOS, you've got to expect that you will be putting a ton more stress on the tranny/motor. A 50 shot only adds 40-50fwhp, but it adds a massive 70-85fwtq. With all the boltons and the NOS, you could be twisting out nearly 280fwtq which is a ton of torque for a tranny that orginally was suppose to only run ~170fwtq. One wrong NOS application, especially at the lower rpms, can push the tranny to it's limits and could cause a failure immediately or months later. When you run NOS, SCs, turbos, even boltons, you've got to expect to exceed the limits of the car, especially the trannies. Some cars hold up better than others simply because of better driving styles, less hard launches, etc.
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11-20-2001, 07:16 AM
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Originally posted by Dave B
Well, you won't like the way I feel about this. If I remember right (since we don't have sigs anymore), you're running a 50 shot of NOS plus you've got nearly all the boltons plus you've got a 5 speed. With NOS, you've got to expect that you will be putting a ton more stress on the tranny/motor. A 50 shot only adds 40-50fwhp, but it adds a massive 70-85fwtq. With all the boltons and the NOS, you could be twisting out nearly 280fwtq which is a ton of torque for a tranny that orginally was suppose to only run ~170fwtq. One wrong NOS application, especially at the lower rpms, can push the tranny to it's limits and could cause a failure immediately or months later. When you run NOS, SCs, turbos, even boltons, you've got to expect to exceed the limits of the car, especially the trannies. Some cars hold up better than others simply because of better driving styles, less hard launches, etc.
Dave
Well, you won't like the way I feel about this. If I remember right (since we don't have sigs anymore), you're running a 50 shot of NOS plus you've got nearly all the boltons plus you've got a 5 speed. With NOS, you've got to expect that you will be putting a ton more stress on the tranny/motor. A 50 shot only adds 40-50fwhp, but it adds a massive 70-85fwtq. With all the boltons and the NOS, you could be twisting out nearly 280fwtq which is a ton of torque for a tranny that orginally was suppose to only run ~170fwtq. One wrong NOS application, especially at the lower rpms, can push the tranny to it's limits and could cause a failure immediately or months later. When you run NOS, SCs, turbos, even boltons, you've got to expect to exceed the limits of the car, especially the trannies. Some cars hold up better than others simply because of better driving styles, less hard launches, etc.
Dave
11-20-2001, 08:34 AM
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Oh man, thats absolutely aweful. I wish that happened to me, so I would have a good excuse to loose this car. So you're telling me this will be the THIRD transmission job you need?
That center differential pin is very hard. It may be damaged if the shop had tried to remove the driveaxles by taknig one out and tryign to drive the other one out by going thru the transmission. But even still having one of those things fail is almost non heard of.
Wow, that still amazes me. I wish it happened to me, if my transmission ever blows up it will be the perfect excuse Ive been looking for.
Well since you're in there and need a new differential, might as well get a Quaife- which does not have this pin :-)
That center differential pin is very hard. It may be damaged if the shop had tried to remove the driveaxles by taknig one out and tryign to drive the other one out by going thru the transmission. But even still having one of those things fail is almost non heard of.
Wow, that still amazes me. I wish it happened to me, if my transmission ever blows up it will be the perfect excuse Ive been looking for.
Well since you're in there and need a new differential, might as well get a Quaife- which does not have this pin :-)
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