[DeTomaso] Worst possible project ever

[John Taphorn]

Mike

It is difficult for me to see how the input shaft would be damaged. 
Rather it is the output shaft that carries the pinion and is adjacent to 
the crown wheel.  The crown wheel would probably smack the pinion with a 
good hit to the driver's side of the car.  I would imagine a hit to the 
passenger side would knock the crown wheel away from the pinion gear 
against the iron side plate mated to the case.

The input shaft is the expensive piece with first gear machined into 
it.  If the teeth have eroded, I suppose it is timely to make the 
insurance claim.  To bend the shaft, I would imagine the nose of the 
shaft in the pilot bearing/bushing and the ZF twisted off the block.

Actually, hard to imagine a harder hit to the frame adjacent the ZF than 
Art Steven's car endured.  Even in that example with a ZF ear mount 
sheared off, the ZF was not separated from the engine block.

Just the facts, Mam

JT
On 6/25/2013 5:04 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/25/13 15 01 22, will.kooiman at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> The half shafts are splined.  There shouldn't be any damage - unless it
>> was hit _really_ hard.
>>
>>>> Yes, they are splined.   But they only have so much travel.   You
> probably only have about an inch, inch and a half before the two halves bottom out
> against one another.
>
> Also, the gearbox is bolted to the chassis.   If the back of the chassis
> moves and the center doesn't, the input shaft will get tweaked.
>
> Mike
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