[DeTomaso] Worst possible project ever

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/25/13 20 09 2, jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com writes:


> 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.
> 

>>>You may well be right, as this event took place in the early 90s so my 
recollection may not be perfect.   But I thought the impact broke the 
bellhousing and bent the input shaft?   Oh well--in any case, SOMETHING bad and 
expensive happened to the internals of his gearboox when he took a shot to the 
drive's side rear wheel....

Mike