I'm guessing this suffered at the hands of the shop mechanic testing the
limits of the Subaru 2.5. I'm told the van continued to drive and it took
some doing before it was realized that the van was actually moving due to
the front wheels being driven by the driveshaft. The shaft has some
significant wear marks so I can't tell if this was a clean or twisting
break. However the race-nut for the pinion bearing will not loosen so my
gues is this was a twist off mess done by dumping the clutch in first gear
with the engine at high revs.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Nicholl [mailto:Roy.Nicholl@SuretyPartners.ca]
Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2016 3:18 PM
To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Anyone ever see a pinion shaft break just behind first gear?

Dennis:

Any indication of a materials defect in the shaft?

Did it just let-go or was there a monster amount of torque applied?

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> On 07-Aug-2016, at 02:13, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Took this apart yesterday.
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