LedZ 5.0 said:
Mark- I always popped the clutch before the damage.
LedZ
I re-read your post this morning and figured that out.
I also reread your statement(s) about ...
"I thought the Detroit Lockers were supposed to be able to take some abuse. I could see it if I let loose around 5000 rpm but 2800 should've been just fine. ... and ...
This was kind of freakish the way this rear just went out to lunch. I didn't have a clue or I would've did some R&R if I heard ....." .
The locker
did take some abuse. Aparently quite a bit. When it had enough it gave it up.
Aparently you've 'popped' your clutch allot, it's not freakish that it blew apart without warning, it's freakish that it took so long.
You can't side step/ pop/ dump the clutch and expect s**t
not to break. It's a fact of physics. As time approaches zero force approaches infinity. Popping the clutch is about as close to zero as you can get.
There is this goodly mass made of a crank, flywheel and pressure plate spinning at a velocity which gives them kenetic energy. Lots of it. Popping the cutch dumps all that KE on the drive train all at once.
So, yeah, you were beating the car, of course somethings going to break. I'm surprised the T5 didn't part.
Theres something else hidden in your posts that everyone should pay attention to: You have aparently unleashed your engines rotational KE ont he drive train at 5000 RPM but it broke at 2800. This illustrates the concept that you may stress something now without having it break, that doesn't mean it won't break under a lower loading later.
LedZ 5.0 said:
1badII- Thanks for the picture. I couldn't find anything in my Chilton or Motor manuals on the Detroit centers.
Google?
19,500 hits for "detroit locker"