[flash]

i hope you haven't thrown away the dead one

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[xrad]

who designed and who allowed such crap into production??? and this comes from a racing heritage......



reminds me of Alfa's GTV6 rubber guibos..three failure points along the two piece driveshaft (which turned at engine speed because the clutch was in the rear)

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[PorscheDude]

Older Bimmers have the same type of problems with the guibo.



It was probably done for comfort and a little less performance loss compared to a torque converter.

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[flash]

it still has a torque converter



i had a guibo fail on my E30

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[PorscheDude]

Is the TC on the trans side?

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[flash]

yup - diagrams show it to be at the rear - i haven't had this thing apart, and hope not to - this whole thing is scaring me

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[flash]

ok - dang it - i have a design in my head - now i just need somebody to send me a dead unit so i can work it out for real

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[Paul@tretheweylaw.com]

I tossed my old one. I saw no reason to keep it....



A billet replacement is a great idea. When it goes, the engine or trans have to come out to get at it.



The rubber in these apparently deteriorates from too little use and working them hard prolongs their life.. Tips are likely to get driven easily, so the drivetrain doesn't get worked too hard. The two previous owners on mine were women, apparently housewives, who put on only 53,000 kilometres (about 30,000 miles) in 15 years, during which the damper plate was replaced at least once before. So that’s two in about 65,000 kms. Markus Blaszak, who did mine, has a one-legged customer who has tracked an auto 944 (same damper plate) for years with no problem.



Blaszak did two this summer, mine and a 944. He works only on 944/968 (mostly track cars and a race team or two) and is happy to pass on info: Blaszak Precision Motorsports, Inverary, Ontario 613.353.7012. mblaszak@kos.net. He’s also the Registrar for the local PCA and at the track a lot. Very knowledgeable.

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[flash]

i have come up with a design which will still retain some dampening too, so i think we should be fine - as i said, i need a dead one though to begin, and i'm hoping it won't be mine

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[banditsc]

There ought to be a available dead one soon from this topic starter..

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[flash]

talked to ross - it's on the way

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[flash]

i haven't forgotten this project - just waiting for some parts to come in so i can work out a prototype

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[p65356sc]

[quote name='flash' post='63029' date='Nov 13 2008, 09:40 AM']i haven't forgotten this project - just waiting for some parts to come in so i can work out a prototype[/quote]



Hopefully you'll have it by the next time I need one. I hope that's a lot of miles from now.

Ross

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[flash]

lol - agreed - this one was both simple and complicated - i think the solution is simple, but the complicated part is getting the parts together



then of course comes the testing

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[banditsc]

I knew the day would come when you start tearing your Father in laws car apart.. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[flash]

lol - not a chance - at least not until that thing fails - that is the entire reason for developing this now

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