k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,311 Member For: 16y 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/03/18 09:33 AM Share Posted 02/03/18 09:33 AM if you have sticky rubber? who knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,403 Member For: 14y 4m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/03/18 09:48 AM Share Posted 02/03/18 09:48 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box stock T. Member 1,384 Member For: 9y 20d Posted 02/03/18 12:45 PM Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,133 Member For: 9y 2m 29d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 02/03/18 01:28 PM Share Posted 02/03/18 01:28 PM I just saw a 3 inch stub axle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elapxidi Member 62 Member For: 12y 10m 25d Posted 03/03/18 12:16 AM Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,311 Member For: 16y 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/03/18 12:25 AM Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,133 Member For: 9y 2m 29d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 03/03/18 12:43 AM Share Posted 03/03/18 12:43 AM Haha good one. Fyi the zf uses solenoids to select gears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,311 Member For: 16y 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/03/18 12:46 AM Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 03/03/18 01:11 AM Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,311 Member For: 16y 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/03/18 01:16 AM Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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