Mike......
TDs are renowned for breaking half shafts. When this happens, the symptoms
are exactly as you described.
To check, jack the car up at the rear. Release the handbrake and put the car
out of gear. Have an assistant hold one rear wheel still while you rotate
the other one. The driveshaft should turn as you rotate the wheel. If you
can rotate one wheel without the driveshaft turning, the half-shaft that
side is broken.
Replacing the broken half-shaft is a whole 'nother story, for another time
if you find that is the problem.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Razor <mrazor@kih.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 5:09 AM
Subject: Broken TD
>I knew it was to good to be true. Got 15 miles from home in the TD,
>stopped at an intersection and it would not go. No big noise,
>shifted in gear, let out the clutch and it did not go, of course
>this was a major intersection. I pushed it off to the side of the
>road, checked the clutch linkage, that had previously fallen out
>after the loss of a clevis pin, it was working, care would go in and
>out of gear but was not getting any power to the rear wheels.
>What gave out? An axle? The rear diff? How can I troubleshoot with
>out taking it all apart?
>Thanks!
>Mike R
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