I have several of them if you need some spares!
> On June 3, 2018 at 1:36 PM Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> I had a new failure this weekend at Lime Rock with the Spitfire. 1st lap
> of the weekend, doing a sedate warm up around the track under full course
> yellow. When I start down the front straight and put it in 4th gear, there's
> a big vibration and ugly noises (short video attached). I was flat towed back
> to the paddock and when I took the tranny hump cover off, I found the shifter
> had snapped (see picture). A little more poking around and I discovered the
> aluminum bell housing was cracked from side to side and two bearing caps were
> missing from the tranny end of the driveshaft u joint (replaced over the
> winter).
>
> I'm going to pull the tranny, driveshaft and diff to see what damage has
> been done. In the past, at the same spot at Lime Rock, I had a problem with
> the diff that 1st broke the tranny output housing. I didn't realize the
> problem was downstream, it locked up again (broken tooth inside floating
> around) and took out the rear 1/2 shaft u joints putting me in the wall.
>
> After rewatching the video, many times, I suspect the broken shifter was
> the cause of the problem, (2 gears at once?) not a result but I'm pretty sure
> disassembly of the tranny will confirm this. My question is, has anyone had
> the shifter beak like this and if so, was it caused by something else or was
> it just metal fatigue?
>
> Other related info, new engine (1296) , more power than the old one, less
> than an hour on it. Zero track or dyno time, this was the 1st time the car
> saw 4th gear. All drivetrain fluids changed over the winter. No disassembly
> but cover off inspections and hand turning tranny and diff felt normal, last
> used in October 2017 with no issues, with old, worn out engine.
>
> I will get this going for the K Cup, see you there.
>
> thanks
> mike h
>
>
> Front.mp4
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tyfrdBh6_c02yqpi-PT_Y8iRt03W_icY/view?usp=drive_web
>
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