[DeTomaso] My ZF is scaring me

[John Taphorn]

Marc

My guess would be that a gear tooth came of and was crushed between the case 
and a rotating gear.

This is not what you want to hear; however, the ZF should come out of the 
car and disassembled for inspection before additional damage occurs.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Campolieto Marc" <marccampolieto99 at yahoo.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] My ZF is scaring me


> After a short ride yesterday I noticed a drip coming from the rear of my 
> zf. I crawled under the car to see what the issue was and there is a small 
> bump about the size of a pencil erasure with a crack in the middle of it. 
> The drip is coming from there. I don't remember that being there before. 
> There is nothing silver in the oil and the car shifts just fine. It goes 
> into every gear. I put the car away immediately after I saw it. Any ideas? 
> I am afraid to drive the car until I have some idea of what is going on. 
> The ring gear is safety-wired and the crack is actually in the bottom of 
> the rear case in one of those channels just behind the bolt. Any ideas?
> Thanks,
> Marc
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