My new VR V8 manual

[skyracer]

Reversing out my driveway i finished reversing, put it in first, let the clutch out and nothing happened, got out looked around and the wheel is hanging right out and hitting the guard so i have to push the car across the other side of the road to find the whole irs cross member has cracked as u can see in the second pic shes been kicked in the balls. So beware irs drivers according to the guy that fixed it, this can happen every 10 years and most torquey manual cars with irs instead of the proper multilink. cost over a grand to fix.

This happened to my GTS not to long ago. Got a rear diff cradle from auto salvage for $90 and installed it myself. Took me about 10 hours or so just plotting along at it but $90 is much better than $1000.

Nice car btw.

[Alf Stewart]

This happened to my GTS not to long ago. Got a rear diff cradle from auto salvage for $90 and installed it myself. Took me about 10 hours or so just plotting along at it but $90 is much better than $1000.

Nice car btw.

Yeah i remember reading about your gts its beautiful! how was your tru trac diff after the axle got pulled out?

[skyracer]

It's a hydratrak diff, and it's now fine. No problems at all. But it did the exact same thing, reversed into my drive. when I went to leave. did not go anywhere. Sucked so bad. After I bolted the replacement cradle in I had no problems at all. What I found strange though is that while the drive shaft was out. Shouldn't it have still moved the car being a LSD? I jacked it up and the 1 wheel still worked fine. Yet when it was on the ground. Car would not move. Meh It's all good now anyway, not complaining

[Alf Stewart]

It's a hydratrak diff, and it's now fine. No problems at all. But it did the exact same thing, reversed into my drive. when I went to leave. did not go anywhere. Sucked so bad. After I bolted the replacement cradle in I had no problems at all. What I found strange though is that while the drive shaft was out. Shouldn't it have still moved the car being a LSD? I jacked it up and the 1 wheel still worked fine. Yet when it was on the ground. Car would not move. Meh It's all good now anyway, not complaining

If the pinion gear came away from the ring gear in the diff then no tires will spin which is what happened to mine, imagine if it cracked while we were driving!

Also mine had a roadworthy check on a hoist by a cop and a mechanic changed my springs a few months before it happened and they didnt pick anything up.

[skyracer]

To be honest I missed it at first, When the shaft was out I was thinking??? WTF how did that happen. Only Until I posted it on this website people told me to check my cradle. Then I saw the split and was like.... Oh F*^#. LOL Hard to see untill you look closer above the drive shaft.

[VS 5.0]

Did you end up getting your axle seal replaced ?

[Alf Stewart]

Did you end up getting your axle seal replaced ?

It actually ended up being the pinion flange that was causing the diff oil leak and there was a noise caused by loose bolts that connected the driveshaft to the flange! got it fixed for $150 including top up of diff oil and underneath of the car cleaned as the diff oil was sprayed everywhere. LSD is still worn out though.

Thanks for checking up on it

[VS 5.0]

Good one. My diff is getting noisier and noisier. Need to get onto it.

[Alf Stewart]

Good one. My diff is getting noisier and noisier. Need to get onto it.

Is it like a grinding type noise? a cheap way out would be a single spinner diff

[Johnsy]

Very nice mate !! Loved my BT1 when i had her

[Alf Stewart]

Very nice mate !! Loved my BT1 when i had her

Thanks, looks like youve got quite an upgrade!

[TVR-190]

Nice Car ####