[Fot] Beaten by equipment

[Kas Kastner]

Anyone who has not broken the shift knob off has not raaced a TR very
long................you will. Heavier type break quicker.

*Never be beaten by equipment.*

On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Wow! That’s a revolting development!
>
> One time when I still thought there was something to be gained by ‘speed
> shifting’, I busted off the selector ball at the base of the shifter handle
> going into 5 at Road America. With my family cheering at the fence...I went
> by (and off) waving the gear shift lever in my hand above my head.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
> Sent from AOL Mobile Mail
>
> On Sunday, June 3, 2018, Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> I had a new failure this weekend at Lime Rock with the Spitfire. 1st lap
> of the weekend, doing a sedate warm up around the track under full course
> yellow. When I start down the front straight and put it in 4th gear,
> there's a big vibration and ugly noises (short video attached). I was flat
> towed back to the paddock and when I took the tranny hump cover off, I
> found the shifter had snapped (see picture). A little more poking around
> and I discovered the aluminum bell housing was cracked from side to side
> and two bearing caps were missing from the tranny end of the driveshaft u
> joint (replaced over the winter).
>
> I'm going to pull the tranny, driveshaft and diff to see what damage has
> been done. In the past, at the same spot at Lime Rock, I had a problem with
> the diff that 1st broke the tranny output housing. I didn't realize the
> problem was downstream, it locked up again (broken tooth inside floating
> around) and took out the rear  1/2 shaft u joints putting me in the wall.
>
> After rewatching the video, many times, I suspect the broken shifter was
> the cause of the problem, (2 gears at once?) not a result but I'm pretty
> sure disassembly of the tranny will confirm this. My question is, has
> anyone had the shifter beak like this and if so, was it caused by something
> else or was it just metal fatigue?
>
> Other related info, new engine (1296) , more power than the old one, less
> than an hour on it. Zero track or dyno time, this was the 1st time the car
> saw 4th gear. All drivetrain fluids changed over the winter. No disassembly
> but cover off inspections and hand turning tranny and diff felt normal,
> last used in October 2017 with no issues, with old, worn out engine.
>
> I will get this going for the K Cup, see you there.
>
> thanks
> mike h
>
> ​
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>  Front.mp4
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tyfrdBh6_c02yqpi-PT_Y8iRt03W_icY/view?usp=drive_web>
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