warranty claim adjusters

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  1. bakes5_0 Founding Member

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    has anyone one had any experience with warranty claims where they have to send out an adjuster to veryify whether or not it was regular wear and tear or misuse of vehicle........

    my trannsmission has metal shaving in it so they said they cant gaurantee coverage till he comes out and looks at it but if they dont cover it i have to pay 470 some dollars and still be out a trannsmission ia m worried....
    bakes5_0, Jun 3, 2004
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  2. DaFly New Member

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    the only way they wont cover it, is if they can blame it on a "aftermarket" part. if i were u, i would have taken off your nitrous :bang: if the adjuster sees that, he may blame it as the cause of the problem. but good luck, i hope all turns out well. :nice:
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  3. bakes5_0 Founding Member

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    sorry i didnt post that but yes i did demod all nitrous was pulled outta the car...
    bakes5_0, Jun 3, 2004
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  4. travis0712 New Member

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    Humm... I would have to say that you are over your tranny's torque limit, thus, preasure on the gears are causing the shavings.

    NOS comes on quick and really puts instant stress on the entire drivetrain... boosting comes on gradually and itsn't like downshifting into 3rd when your doing 80.....
    travis0712, Jun 3, 2004
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  5. bakes5_0 Founding Member

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    well couple of questions if they do fix it under warranty what are my options on maybe buildin up my tranny to make it stronger?? so this doesnt happen again since next time its outta my pocket.....

    2nd if they dont fix it for some reason what tranny is gonnna bolt right up no problems and take the wear and tear im gonna give it???
    bakes5_0, Jun 3, 2004
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  6. travis0712 New Member

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    Depends on how much NOS you are spraying... I wouldn't think you were over 400hp so a current Tremec t-56 should hold up well. I have seen cars with 500hp run just fine on these trannys... The danger is hooking up... you don't want these cars to hook up too well on a stock drivetrain...
    travis0712, Jun 3, 2004
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    ya thats the other thing i dont really spray outtta the hole since i have it set up to kick in at 3grand i bog my car out a lil then once i movin good i give it full throttle and she kicks so that shouldnt be to hard on it...
    bakes5_0, Jun 6, 2004
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    welp got good news today dealer called told me they tore the trannsmission open yesterday and found that the second gear had broke off....
    any ideas on what may have caused that so it doesnt happen again??

    and that the claims adjuster looked at it and said go ahead and fix it under warranty.....

    bad news though is transmission is on b/o till july 1st so i will be driving a taures till then... but with gas prices so high maybe it wont be so bad..ya rit this sux specialy since there is only about 3 good months of driving and im will be out more than half of it
    what can ya do
    bakes5_0, Jun 8, 2004
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