 |
View unanswered posts | View active topics
 
|
Page 1 of 1
|
[ 7 posts ] |
|
| Author |
Message |
|
Roy
|
Post subject: 2slow , What is the deal on the LSD?  Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:14 pm |
|
Joined: Sun May 27, 2001 2:52 pm
Posts: 5556
Location: Mehlingen,Rhineland Pfalz, Deutschland
|
|
| Top |
|
|
2slow
|
Post subject: Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:53 pm |
|
Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:34 pm
Posts: 653
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
|
|
At Bitburg the LSD locked up solid and the car would not turn anymore. I let a lot of air out of the rear tires (so they can flex and take up the rotational difference) and managed to get the car on the autobahn.
Initially I was quite nervous that the whole rear might lock up and induce a "handbrake" type of spin into the barriers (or an oncoming truck), but fortunately the LSD is contained in a type of cylinder which kept the loose bits from falling between the gearbox teeth. Going straight was not a problem, just the turns.
About halfway through the 330km trip home there was another terrible crunch and the car started to behave very evil. Inside the LSD the drive to the right rear wheel sheared off and I only had drive to the left rear wheel. Everytime I touched the throttle the car turned right and when I lifted it snapped left.
I have a workshop date for Wednesday, then we will see the extend of the damage. I hope it is just an easy swap-out of the LSD and that I will soon be on the road again. Right now I have to make do with the wife's C4S, since the RS is currently not insured and the 914/6 has a gaping hole where the engine normally sits.
I doubt that the car will be done for Thursday's Hockenheim date though.
2slow
|
|
| Top |
|
|
JackZ28
|
Post subject: Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:57 pm |
|
Joined: Mon May 28, 2001 6:03 pm
Posts: 8686
Location: Houston, TX
|
2slow wrote: Right now I have to make do with the wife's C4S
You poor, poor thing!  Seriously though, I hope it turns out to be something simple like that! 
|
|
| Top |
|
|
Garry
|
Post subject: Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:46 pm |
|
Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
Posts: 7823
Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
|
|
Phew ... reading that, I'm glad you made it home safely!!!!
_________________
Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
|
|
| Top |
|
|
Firechicken
|
Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:01 am |
|
Joined: Fri Apr 26, 2002 7:17 pm
Posts: 1201
Location: Winder, GA
|
|
Stef,
Glad to hear that you made it home safely. Hopefully you are right and it will be an easy swap for them to get it fixed. Would rather them take their time than to rush it just for track trime.
_________________
2004 King of The Hill
2005 King of The Hill
Retired US Army 
[img]http://www.fbodyeurope.org/gallery/110_Image098.jpg[/img
|
|
| Top |
|
|
2slow
|
Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:03 pm |
|
Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:34 pm
Posts: 653
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
|
|
Status report: The P-car is back from several days in the shop. Since the car is only a few months old, I got a brand-new gearbox/diff and ZF (the manufacturer) is going to eat the cost.
|
|
| Top |
|
|
Garry
|
Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:43 pm |
|
Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
Posts: 7823
Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
|
Obviously, they don't know what you do with your cars  Glad to hear all it cost you were some nerves getting it back home 
_________________
Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
|
|
| Top |
|
|
|
Page 1 of 1
|
[ 7 posts ] |
|
Who is online |
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests |
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum
|
| |
