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03-05-2003, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: southern california
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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. 
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