Thread: They're back!!!! Getting my 1st NASCAR fix of the season!!!!

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He had returned to the pits to have a vibration in all gears checked out--they jacked up the car and turned the left wheel while looking under the car for driveshaft turning--

I think(from past experiance) that the differential carrier (which Nascar guys occasionally lighten)(and I have seen unlightened ones break) probably broke and after a short while a spur gears cross shaft came out locking up the rear causing the uncontrolled slide---And I have seen in on GM stuff also, altho all the Nascar stuff is Ford 9 inch

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

He had returned to the pits to have a vibration in all gears checked out--they jacked up the car and turned the left wheel while looking under the car for driveshaft turning--

I think(from past experiance) that the differential carrier (which Nascar guys occasionally lighten)(and I have seen unlightened ones break) probably broke and after a short while a spur gears cross shaft came out locking up the rear causing the uncontrolled slide---And I have seen in on GM stuff also, altho all the Nascar stuff is Ford 9 inch

That would have been my "guess" as well. It surprises me that a center section wouldn't disintegrate first, but at the usual warp speed these guys travel at, it probably did, but had already thrown the car out of control