Another broken Diff

Just...WOW! Having one of your billet carriers in my 512TR really provides piece of mind!!!

 

I guess this problem really is just a myth..getting blown out of proportion, rarely happens.

What is this now..6 or 7 between the 2 of us? with a potential 8th sitting in my shop right now. How many TR's are there in our general area? 25-30? Looks like the odds of failure are climbing fast.

Makes me wonder how many others are out there, driving around with a cracked diff and the owners don't even know it.

I'll be buying another carrier from you in summer, going to jam it into a mint low mileage tr as a preventative measure.

 

SAME HERE ! ! Yours is already in the Boxer's box, for when the drivetrain goes back in. It'll be nice having one less major thing to worry about.

Then, there's the........

 

The support cover? You mean that Al side cover? Do you stock spares of these?

One more thing to worry about.

 

Thanks for posting those pictures. I have a client that thinks it's all an internet myth. I've warned him, now I can show him what to expect.

 

A lot of them do that .... but I found out it's because they are very much afraid of the cost ...

Not replacing will cost them a lot MORE ! (and I know .....) ...

Look here: http://ferrari101.com/forum/showthread.php?t=343161 and here: http://ferrari101.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349142

 

I recently visited Forza Service, a very good shop here in The Netherlands. They also recently had a TR with a broken diff. I haven't seen the diff myself, but this part was also told to come from that TR. Yikes ...
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Reeeallly ?! I gotta find a way to visualize my diff. Is the whole box flexing? Is it the pinion sideload that is playing in to push components about? (Like the side cover).

 

Edvar, it's the pinon, part of the Crown & Pinion wheel (C&P; kroon -en-pionwiel) ....

Only to be replaced together with the pinionwheel (and diff) ... the crownwheel is mounted on the diff .... When the diff goes, the C&P are gone too ...

So... one MORE ! Looks like they all will one day ............

 

Amazing, that crack: exactly as with mine.... people don't believe it's cracked untill you remove the part ... (people even want to reweld ...)

Photo, one before last Paul: does that Crownwheel on the right looks dented ... ?

 

The owner should go buy a lottery ticket while his luck is so good.

 

Pure ignorance ... and too little money as reserve .....

But if a carrier breaks and also the C&P gets damaged ...... the bill rises to extreme hights ...

So: better invest a bit af money (let's say$ 5000; planned expence) instead of paying a 5 time higher bill unexpected ...

And allways unexpected .... and of course no money was reserved for that repair ...

When you do an engine out: exchange the diff is my advise. They will ALL go in short time ... and NEVER replace them with the OEM diff ... this will go again !

We should be very happy that there are some inventors in Canada and England who now make reliable repalcement differentials !

In fact they are an UPGRADE !

 

Paul, Your carrier looks stronger than the whole unit!

 

Do you remember how to drive??

 

Wow, just wow !

How many Kms were on this 1990 Paul ?

 

So I have 2 yrs

Nice to see 80,000kms on Testarossa's.