k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,102 Member For: 18y 5m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/03/18 09:33 AM Posted 02/03/18 09:33 AM if you have sticky rubber? who knows...
bossmang FREAKY Legacy Donating Member 12,441 Member For: 16y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/03/18 09:48 AM Posted 02/03/18 09:48 AM
Box stock T. Member 1,384 Member For: 11y 5m 14d Posted 02/03/18 12:45 PM Posted 02/03/18 12:45 PM 4 hours ago, elapxidi said: Hi mate what’s a half shaft Have a quick look down the front of ya pants. That's a half shaft. 1 1
Puffwagon Legacy Donating Member 16,348 Member For: 11y 7m 23d Gender: Not Telling Posted 02/03/18 01:28 PM Posted 02/03/18 01:28 PM I just saw a 3 inch stub axle 1
elapxidi Member 62 Member For: 15y 3m 19d Posted 03/03/18 12:16 AM Author Posted 03/03/18 12:16 AM Hi guys I put the car in drive and the tail shaft is spinning but no gears any thoughts
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,102 Member For: 18y 5m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/03/18 12:25 AM Posted 03/03/18 12:25 AM hmmm... that makes me think it's stuck in between gears or something like that, e.g. a gear selector fork has broken and is stuck between the rotating assembly... so you should have whatever amount of torque is being delivered from a half-selected gear assembly to the tailshaft, which may or may not be enough to move the vehicle...
Puffwagon Legacy Donating Member 16,348 Member For: 11y 7m 23d Gender: Not Telling Posted 03/03/18 12:43 AM Posted 03/03/18 12:43 AM Haha good one. Fyi the zf uses solenoids to select gears.
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,102 Member For: 18y 5m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/03/18 12:46 AM Posted 03/03/18 12:46 AM well that throws that hypothesis out of the water... lol anyway... got any hypotheses on how a tailshaft could be spinning but you can't select gears and you get a crunching in park?
arronm Dropping a turd Legacy Donating Member 9,520 Member For: 18y 10m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 03/03/18 01:11 AM Posted 03/03/18 01:11 AM Cause its a half shaft. Jack car up and check the two shafts that come out of the diff.
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,102 Member For: 18y 5m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/03/18 01:16 AM Posted 03/03/18 01:16 AM how does a half shaft explain gearbox crunching on park selection and lack of ability to select gears? It explains lack of drive and rear end crunching...
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