Good Day, then..... BANG, clunk clunk ****UPDATE***
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Scratch one 8-3/4. Pretty strange really, I raced all day with no issues (6 passes), then on the way home (My car is a Street / Strip - drive it there and drive it home ride) I'm pulling away from a stop-light under normal accelleration and as I shift into 2nd: BANG (followed by lots of ugly noise). Ended up covering the last 6 miles home as shown below  I'm not too bummed, though. I just bought a new set of gears and was in the process of setting up a new rear-end because this one has been singing a howling song for some time. It feels like I broke a pinion, I'll know more later in the week when I have a chance to pull the chunk. I just hope it didn't take my SG unit with it, or damage my axles, as I need those. More to come on this.
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Re: Good Day, then..... BANG, clunk clunk
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Sorry to hear that...great looking car...
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Re: Good Day, then..... BANG, clunk clunk
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The ring gear is usually the first to go. I broke a ring gear in my 10 second Duster one night, I could hear the chunka, chunka noise on the return road but it still made 4 more passes for the win and the track championship that night. lol.
You should be OK but if that's an automatic you really should take it apart and check the over running clutch. It will only take a paper and seal kit to check and they are cheap.
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Re: Good Day, then..... BANG, clunk clunk
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You should be OK but if that's an automatic you really should take it apart and check the over running clutch.
Sorry to hear of the breakage.
I agree with checking the transmission sprag. It might be a 50/50 chance IMO.
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Re: Good Day, then..... BANG, clunk clunk
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Scratch one 8-3/4. Pretty strange really, I raced all day with no issues (6 passes), then on the way home (My car is a Street / Strip - drive it there and drive it home ride) I'm pulling away from a stop-light under normal accelleration and as I shift into 2nd: BANG (followed by lots of ugly noise).
Ended up covering the last 6 miles home as shown below
I'm not too bummed, though. I just bought a new set of gears and was in the process of setting up a new rear-end because this one has been singing a howling song for some time. It feels like I broke a pinion, I'll know more later in the week when I have a chance to pull the chunk. I just hope it didn't take my SG unit with it, or damage my axles, as I need those. More to come on this.
Were you into 2nd... most times it doesnt hurt the
axles or the other stuff in there
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Re: Good Day, then..... BANG, clunk clunk
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Well, Autopsy revealed one spider gear sheered clean and another with about half the teeth broken off. Looks like the pieces then got out into the ring gear path, as two teeth are partially broken on it.
Looks like its time to call Dr. Diff.
Oh, and the car ran pretty good, Ron. Although it slowed a bit in the heat of the afternoon. No suprise, since I know I'm running a little on the rich side.
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Re: Good Day, then..... BANG, clunk clunk
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I agree with the other posters, if it's an Automatic inspect the sprag....
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Re: Good Day, then..... BANG, clunk clunk
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okay guys.... Is there any way to verify the overrunning clutch (sprag) without Removing the tranny? I'd really rather not R&R the tranny. This happened at pretty low RPM, at partial throttle, with very little pressure on the trans or rear. Is there any typical conditions that would normally take the sprag out?
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