Richmond pinion gear snapps in half

stng87 · 03-05-2003, 08:09 PM

It happened a few weeks ago and i just got the car back.
I gunned it from a stop to get in front of a car and exit onto the freeway. Never made it there...
It was just a loud thud in the rear end and then no more gears.
I took it to xtreme mustang performance. That was the first chance I had to take a look at it. Like I mentioned before, the pinion gear had snapped in half just below the head of the pinion(410 gear). When it shot off, it punched a hole the size of a fist in the diff cover and busted the axle housing too. Looks like maybe a defective pinion gear. I mean this type of thing isnt normal. So i ended up with a rear end out of a 96 saleen and new fms 355 gears, and a 1500.00 bill.
New flowmasters on the way too.

stng87 · 03-07-2003, 06:46 AM

Oh no! Does no one care about this!!! This was really a tramatic experience for me! I need comforting. Ill go cry now...

88workcar · 03-07-2003, 06:54 AM

I am not one for kicking a man while he is down, but you should buy some tools. $1500 is crazy. You could have bought a "BUILT" rear for that much cash. Glad to see you back on the road, and what is the semper fi on your sig mean?

stng87 · 03-07-2003, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 88workcar
I am not one for kicking a man while he is down, but you should buy some tools. $1500 is crazy. You could have bought a "BUILT" rear for that much cash. Glad to see you back on the road, and what is the semper fi on your sig mean?

YOu are right tahts a lot of cash but it is here i cali where the cost of everything is high as he11. I would do a lot more with the stang if I had a garage to do it in. Or even a parking spot. They wont even let you change your oil must places around here.

Semper Fi is somewhat of a motto in the Marine corps, its short for semper fidelis which means always faithfulin latin.

lx5091 · 03-07-2003, 03:55 PM

a brand new rear end with any gear you want goes for $700-800, you mean they charged you $700-800 just for labor?! On a rear end? What's it take to drop a rear and put one back 20 minutes? Damn!

03-07-2003, 08:26 PM

Damn. $1500 is frickin nuts! I'm sure you don't want to hear it, but I bought my complete rearend used w/ an Auburn posi unit & 3.73 gears for $450. How come you have no where to park or work on your car? Are you on base? A dorm? Apartment with no parking? I know what you mean though I live in an apartment complex. Luckily I have access to a garage loaded with all the tools I would ever need to use whenever I need it.

03-05-2003, 08:09 PM	#1
stng87 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: southern california Posts: 329	Richmond pinion gear snapps in half It happened a few weeks ago and i just got the car back. I gunned it from a stop to get in front of a car and exit onto the freeway. Never made it there... It was just a loud thud in the rear end and then no more gears. I took it to xtreme mustang performance. That was the first chance I had to take a look at it. Like I mentioned before, the pinion gear had snapped in half just below the head of the pinion(410 gear). When it shot off, it punched a hole the size of a fist in the diff cover and busted the axle housing too. Looks like maybe a defective pinion gear. I mean this type of thing isnt normal. So i ended up with a rear end out of a 96 saleen and new fms 355 gears, and a 1500.00 bill. New flowmasters on the way too. __________________ 1987 black with t-tops. Cobra intake, 1.7 cobra crane rollers, gt40p's, bbk shorties, off road h-pipe, Holley adj. fuel pressure regulator, Tremec t-5z, 65mm TB, 4.10's, adj cable, 155lph fuel pump, Ram clutch kit, 3 row motorsport radiator, Chrome cobras17x9 front, 17x10.5 rear, Hurst shifter,Former AOD Semper Fi

03-07-2003, 06:46 AM	#2
stng87 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: southern california Posts: 329	Oh no! Does no one care about this!!! This was really a tramatic experience for me! I need comforting. Ill go cry now... __________________ 1987 black with t-tops. Cobra intake, 1.7 cobra crane rollers, gt40p's, bbk shorties, off road h-pipe, Holley adj. fuel pressure regulator, Tremec t-5z, 65mm TB, 4.10's, adj cable, 155lph fuel pump, Ram clutch kit, 3 row motorsport radiator, Chrome cobras17x9 front, 17x10.5 rear, Hurst shifter,Former AOD Semper Fi

03-07-2003, 06:54 AM	#3
88workcar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Pierre Part, La. U.S.A. Posts: 1,850	I am not one for kicking a man while he is down, but you should buy some tools. $1500 is crazy. You could have bought a "BUILT" rear for that much cash. Glad to see you back on the road, and what is the semper fi on your sig mean? __________________ 88workcar 1988 Mustang LX 342. 417rwhp @ 6800. 28 X 10 ET Drag, 4.30s, 10.69 @ 126.43 1.42 60ft. 11.13 @ 127.7 on BFGs 1.72 60ft Rice Hater # 42 To be old and wise, You must first be young and stupid I'm somewhere in tthe middle.

03-07-2003, 03:55 PM	#5
lx5091 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Fall River, MA Posts: 467	a brand new rear end with any gear you want goes for $700-800, you mean they charged you $700-800 just for labor?! On a rear end? What's it take to drop a rear and put one back 20 minutes? Damn! __________________ '02 Explorer XLT 4.0L --Nice Vehicle '97 Saturn SL1--Soon to be ditched for a Ford!

03-07-2003, 08:26 PM	#6
Simi Stang Guest Posts: n/a	rearend Damn. $1500 is frickin nuts! I'm sure you don't want to hear it, but I bought my complete rearend used w/ an Auburn posi unit & 3.73 gears for $450. How come you have no where to park or work on your car? Are you on base? A dorm? Apartment with no parking? I know what you mean though I live in an apartment complex. Luckily I have access to a garage loaded with all the tools I would ever need to use whenever I need it.

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