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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.

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