Tilley came to my house today to do the tranny swap on my max. Did it in about 1 hour 20mins and then another hour to get the damn fluid into the tranny because it was so cold and thick. I took pics of the hole that was in it that tilley could put his entire hand into. Ill post pics in a minute. Im so glad to have the car back since i was driven a escort ZX2 haha pos.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/720766/2

 

1hr 20min!!! Geez! You put in a regular 4th gen tranny?

 

yep it was supposed to be a locking tranny but the place sent me a non locker. the tranny was $600 shipped to tilleys from florida. 1 hour 20 mins and that with stopping and talking alittle to explain things to me. Hes had one out in 45 mins before.

 

holy crap .. those pics are crazy ... I cant wait to get some money, im gonna visit Tilley for some serious drivetrain work

 

What the hell happened to that tranny?

 

Tilley said that one of the pins must have came out and then that caused the differential to do something and then that happend. I was in a parking lot when it went on me thankfully.

 

thats a good time i must say

 

House calls now? Is there anything he doesn't do?

 

I think this was a one time thing. It was easier for him to just do the install in my driveway then it was to tow the car from my house to his place.

 

Pretty cool

 

What came out of the hole? Housings don't simply explode without something big getting loose and getting smashed around.

Dave

 

An hour and 20 minutes in YOUR DRIVEWAY!!! Geez x 10!!!

 

I think the differential. But id have to double check with tilley because im not sure on the right term.

 

What you're looking at through the hole in all of those pics is the differential assembly. There's not much of substance to it that isn't visible in the pics, so I doubt that was the source.

In any case, if Tilley took it with him, I might stop by his shop to survey the damage...

Dave

 

Yep tilley took it with him, i had no use for it.

 

Pretty quick. BlackBIRDVQ took out my auto and bolted up a 5spd in four hours in my garage...I wonder who's faster

 

Wow nice hole in that trans. Must of been a loud noise when that happened or atleast an unpleasentful noise

 

wow thats crazy looking. 1 hour 20 minutes? Thats pretty damn fast for a transmission swap!

 

interesting...need to kick Tilley in the shins...how do you come out east and not holla at me?

 

The pin inside the diff came out, how i have no clue when you look inside you can see the gears but there is no more pin connecting them.....

 

I was gonna but i was there early on a sunday morning and didnt wanna hassle ya.

 

Man..... that's a pretty little hole in that transmission.......
I'm betting my tranny is gonna look like that soon...............................I've got alot of "noises"..... Did I mention that 4th gen trannies SUCK??????????????

Mike

 

Nope no loud noises i was just leaving the mall parking lot and then the car studdered and then i heard gears grinding and then i pulled over in the parking lot and noticed a trail of oil comming out of the car.

 

I have seen that before..it happed to my friends 2001 and the dealer replaced it under warranty. When he went in they were like they have never seen anything like that in all the years they have been servicing maximas. They told him to stop whatever he was doing to the car as far as driving. Lost of burn outs and drag racing.

 

Tilley and I tore it down quick today - that shaft that goes through the differential broke into 3 pieces - and of course the one that started working its way out of the differential housing got stuck against the tranny housing and broke through it in 2 places. Looking at the face of the of the break in the piece of pinion shaft, it suggests a minor flaw in the surface of the shaft that initiated a small crack, and through fatigue it the crack opened up until the torque of driving simply snapped it. From that point, the inertia of the spinning differential pushed it out of the diff and into the housing where it snapped in half again. These kinds of flaws are unavoidable without doing really expensive inspections at the factory, so it falls in the category of 's h i t happens'. Easier driving might have delayed the failure but not prevented it.

Pics: (about 100kB ea)
http://www.davidgeesaman.com/maxima/CRW_8278a.jpg
http://www.davidgeesaman.com/maxima/CRW_8280a.jpg

Dave

 

Well thats good at least i know that it wasnt competly my fault breaking this tranny. Thanks for the information that was great that you guys could dignoise that.

 

that freakin blows man. hopefully i dont have to experience that cause i aint trying to be able to pay for that