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Old 06-03-2003, 07:31 PM
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Lightbulb found the problem

I feel much better. Thanks for all your help.

I put the car on jacks, started the motor, put it into gear and applied the breaks, no additional throttle was neccesary to reproduce the problem and the wheels stopped while the driveshaft was spinning. Had no choice at this point but to pull the axles. Pulled the passenger side out, nothing unusual. Got to the driver side, and voila, about 1/16in of splines missing from the edge and fresh metal flakes. Cause: short axle is too short (5/8inch approx), but just enough to get me up the driveway before letting go. Pulled the center section drained the oil, some metal flakes in it, but not too bad. Anyway it is clean now and ready to be reassembled with correct lenght axle.

Thanks for all your help.

Gene
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