05-16-2012, 06:36 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Roseville,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: 427 Unique Roadster, FE by FE Specialties, 470hp, Top Loader, 3:31 Jag
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Originally Posted by Tony Radford
The same thing happened to me. Snapped the main shaft in two between second and third. Killed third and forth. I blamed mine on the fact that I used to trailer it in gear. I test drove it down at Southern, put her on the trailer and when I took it off, the gears were gone. I carried it to Vintage Mustang in Decatur, GA and had it rebuilt. Don (owner) said he'd never seen anything like it. Looks like it's happened at least twice.
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Tony, so lightening does strike twice  Just surprising with the size of the shaft. When I lost third and forth I thought it might be due to the linkage arm coming loose from the shifting arm... no such luck but wish it had been, because it would have been a hell of a lot less time and $$$$.
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