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[Vettel-ish]

Nasa weekend @ Autobahn country club.

 

[67GTA]

What did you find out on the rear diff?

 

[Dave_W]

Love that sound!

 

[Vettel-ish]

What did you find out on the rear diff?

Car is at the shop now. Picking it up tomorrow.

Gear for sure are gone. Rear wheels spin and the driveshaft does not.

 

[Fabman]

Car is at the shop now. Picking it up tomorrow.

Gear for sure are gone. Rear wheels spin and the driveshaft does not.

Pretty sure that's not a good sign.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Darn, hard to hear, but the Season is about over so at least it is something you can get repaired over the Winter. Hang in there, most of us who have had pure racing machines have gone through some similar issues and once you get things sorted you will surprisingly forget most of these items as your scream around many road courses!

 

[Vettel-ish]

Update..

Looks like the rebuild rear was not done very well. The two bearings that attach to the LSD basically fell off once they started taking everything apart. My shop says they should have been pressed on and they were not. So long story short, EVERYTHING in the rear will now be new. T2R with 4.10 going back in the car.

Here are some pics. Teeth are GONE!!

 

[Vettel-ish]

Darn, hard to hear, but the Season is about over so at least it is something you can get repaired over the Winter. Hang in there, most of us who have had pure racing machines have gone through some similar issues and once you get things sorted you will surprisingly forget most of these items as your scream around many road courses!

She should be back up and running in about 10 days.

Heading to Ozarks for the last event of 23. Big plans for 24. ST1 and thunder racing with NASA is the plan

 

[EF1]

If they didn’t press the carrier bearings on how did they get them on? Did they grind them until they slipped on?

 

[Vettel-ish]

If they didn’t press the carrier bearings on how did they get them on? Did they grind them until they slipped on?

no clue, hard to tell from the picture but the surface was scuff to get them to hold better.

 

[dragoon]

She should be back up and running in about 10 days.

Heading to Ozarks for the last event of 23. Big plans for 24. ST1 and thunder racing with NASA is the plan

After she gets the needed repairs, you’ll have the confidence to run her hard !!

 

[EF1]

no clue, hard to tell from the picture but the surface was scuff to get them to hold better.

The scuffing was more likely from them removing material so the bearings would slip on without a press. Probably took emory cloth to the carrier or a flapper wheel to the bearings. It looks like a really nice car. I hope you don’t find too many more short cuts taken by the previous owner.

 

[Vettel-ish]

The scuffing was more likely from them removing material so the bearings would slip on without a press. Probably took emory cloth to the carrier or a flapper wheel to the bearings. It looks like a really nice car. I hope you don’t find too many more short cuts taken by the previous owner.

This should be a rare thing to find on the car. Been talking to the previous owner about it. He did not do the rebuild.

 

[Vettel-ish]

Going through tech right now to get my Trec license and prep for Ozarks.

Got my log book from the old owner. That is really cool stuff in here. Fire bottle is expired so need to get that done soon.

My plan for Ozarks is to run the first 1.5 hours of the 4 hour race and see how it goes. I can come back out for the final hour if I want. This will be my first real taste of side by side racing besides karting. So jacked!

 

[302BOB]

A log book is history you can't replace...................................everybody should have/keep one..............................

 

[Vettel-ish]

New tow rig! This should work great on the way to Ozarks!

 

[Fabman]

New tow rig! This should work great on the way to Ozarks!

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You get the coyote or ecoboost?

 

[Vettel-ish]

You get the coyote or ecoboost?

3.5 Eco, thing hauls ass

 

[67GTA]

New tow rig! This should work great on the way to Ozarks!

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The Tremor package is the best of both worlds for guys that tow - lots of the same interior features and plushness of the Raptor, but with traditional 1/2 ton suspension package so you can tow. Good choice!

 

[Fabman]

3.5 Eco, thing hauls ass

Yeah, Mine runs pretty hard too...but that mileage tho.
If you drive it like an old man it's not bad....but if you drive it like me it's all about 12 mpg and that's with a shortcab/bed 2wd.
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