Punto differential - Help urgently please!

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"Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

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"Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
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The only abuse you might find that could overload the join is
snap-loading the transmission - 5000rpm, step off the clutch sorta thing.
Dynamic loading would be massive, but I'd expect the clutch to be
shredded first unless there was an inherent weakness....but then you ARE
having a clutch replaced at 20K miles...which isnt very normal for an
underpowered tin box unless its had its nads thrashed off ...

Ahh sorry, slight adjustment, i re-read your post - i see the clutch is OK
and the gearbox was the cause of the slipping, in that case (and looking
at your clutch and flywheel should prove whether it was driven hard - i.e.
if it looks like mine did after i drove it hard
http://www.alltrac.hobby-site.com/index.php/Flywheel) it is unacceptable
for a gearbox to fail in that time.

J

My thoughts exactly. However, where do I go for an independent statement of
that? I am having to issue proceedings, so it would be helpful to get some
sort of independent report. However, in the small claims track of the court
system I could not reclaim the costs of a report, and my claim is going to
be 800 Pounds. So, spending say 500 Pounds on a report is just not feasible.

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Re: Punto differential - Help urgently please! - 03-31-2007 , 04:41 PM