Was at the track sunday and at the end of 4th gear my dss drive shaft broke off from the U joint causing it to drag on the floor at 125mph and destroy my tranny tunnel. When I came to a stop their was a trail of fluid under the car, wasn't sure where it was coming from as my car is too low to see under. Towed the car home,first thing I did was drain the tranny fluid, nothing came out. Cleaned up the case on the tranny and put some fluid in it and right away it came pouring out of the side of the case


End result of the DSS shaft



I'm assuming the case is going to have to be replaced..?

 

Theres a lot of violent things happening underneath there when you drop a driveshaft at 125mph. I'm sure that had something to do with it

 

ouch, so is DSS going to be respoinsible for damaging your transmission also? Thats horrible. Wonder if that can be fixed.

 

you could pull the box and have someone weld it ... or tow it somewhere and have someone weld it til it doesnt leak ... or get yourt wallet out ....

-Lee

 

Fk man that sucks

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That sucks big time. Id be raising hell with dss. Ive had what feels like a driveshaft vibration ever since my fb 8.8 install. I need to get the balance checked on that thing :/

 

no drive shaft loop ??

 

I had my steel DSS drive shaft balanced when it was new before I even put it on and it was way off. Glad I did that...Maybe the aluminum DSS shaft isn't as strong as the steel. At least I believe mine is steel....It's from Inline Pro's kit.

BTW, don't you still have that stock drive shaft loop on to prevent the drive shaft from falling to the ground in an event like yours?

 

weld that crack up and get the driveshaft loop back on there. sucks about the driveshaft

 

Take a magnet to your driveshaft. If it sticks its steel

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