Ouch -- all I can offer is sympathy and prayer. Hope to see you at BusFusion
:-)

Cheers,
Doug

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:18 AM, robby kilborn <robbykilborn@gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm in Tye, Texas... I'm supposed to be enjoying the open roads,
> heading toward Guadalupe National Park, enjoying the year long adventure
> around the US. from PEI, Canada to PEI, Canada.
>
> I just filled up at the local Flying J and was on I-20 when a
> loud compilations of sound and smoke effects appeared from back end of my
> Syncro.
>
> The rear output housing got ripped off, as did on of the fittings on the
> driveshaft, and the splined  end of the output shaft (the bit that
> inserts into the splined sleeve, which also fits onto the drive pinion.)
>
> The drive pinion looks fine.
>
> The output shaft is broken.  The housing shattered.
>
> Pics attached, but if they do not appear, I can pmail them.  Also on FB.
>
> Has this happened to any of you?
>
> My concern is that this may have resulted from some sudden resistance and
> snapped the union between the Drive Shaft and Output.  To me, that suggests
> something went wrong in the gears.  I don't remember how long I was in 4th,
> but I may have just shifted as I was gaining speed from the merge-on ramp.
>  Any suggestions on how to eliminate possibilities to identify what it most
> likely is?  It could be a simple case of replacing the output, but I have
> to
> figure out what caused it to go.
>
> Robby.
>

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