The car only has 36000 miles on it. How could it be shot?

It is probably also important to note that I JUST had new tires put on two days ago.

275 BFG KDW 2 (New Tire Tread) on rear

 

yea traction control just cuts the power to your engine when your tires spin. if that is on all it will do is keep you from spinning for very long, it shouldnt effect both tires not spinning. but turn it off and see if it helps. could be somethin wrong with somethin other than your axle you dont want to have that **cker ripped off and pulled apart. that runs about $300 just for them to tear it up and look at it. if your axle is shot you'll definately notice it more than when your just burning out.

 

Just as a side note, traditionally, when a car only spins 1 wheel, it posesses an OPEN Differential, meaning just that; it's wide open when you take the cover off... That means, there aren't little spider gears, or center sections w/ clutch plates, transferring the power between the two wheels, therefore, you only get traction on one side, and it's usually the side that's spinning already...

Now, you say it's fairly new... Do you know any more of the history of this car?? Has the rear diff. ever been messed w/??

If you can, put your car up on some jack stands, take the rear cover off, and take some pictures, I guarantee someone will be able to figure it out, pretty quickly, w/ just pictures alone....


JT

 

I was under the impression that all stangs did not come with T-Lok... If I'm right, which ones did, and what models.. thanks

~Alf

 

all the GT's foxbody and newer came with 'em. v6 stangs do not.

 

beating the **** out of the car. if yours is shot, which it seems like it is, then your car prob had a very bad 36,000 miles

 

All it really takes is a little bit of continuous beating on the spider gears, to break them apart.. Although, since your wheels don't lock up on you when driving, I'll assume that the spider gears are still in tact....


Maybe you got duped.. Are you the original owner?? If not, I wonder if the previous owne did a little renovating..


Oh yeah, since Mileage is stored on ECU's, I wonder if it's possible, for someone to have swapped ECU's... Throw you off a little...


JT

 

You smokin rock?? There is a HUGE difference between and open differential(most common), LSD(limited slip diff, which is what we have), and a locker, with the locker you wouldnt even be able to turn with out some pops shudders and skidding(assuming its an auto locker, air locker is another story)...id save those for Jeeps...


and about the rear end possibly being shot...thats a little exaggerated. the LSD works with a type of clutch system so basically when it wears out it just acts like an open diff...no harm no foul....other than one tire burnouts

 

Oh, and I suppose I should also make it clear, that when I referenced "locked," it's just easier to say this, to someone who apparently doesn't know much about Mustangs, so they understand that BOTH rear wheels should be turning.

So what you're saying is, that a worn LSD center section in a rear diff that's pretty much being shot, is an exaggeration, when you said yourself, that when it wears out, it acts like an open diff??

Maybe I don't have a lot of time rebuilding rear-ends, but I'd say that worn clutches usually means time for a rebuild... I don't think that friction modifier would bring back clutches that badly worn...



JT

 

when i read your respose you made it sounds like his whole rear end was screwed....maybe your using shot to mean something less than i would use it as. for example...i would say shot if it had metal flakes in the fluid, or broken ring gear teeth...

and about it acting like an open diff...i was simply stating that it isnt going to majorly screw you over the way a clutch would if it went out...his car is still perfectly driveable unless its making some obscene noise or grinding or something else...

and about the locked thing...i understand what your saying, but i think it might benefit more if you gave more specific definitions that way no one out there gets the wrong impression...


the rebuild...i agree it would be better to have it rebuilt, however if money isnt available then dont worry about it