negcamber

Hey Marty...yeah...it ended up all getting done on Sunday and I knew you had some other plans.

Bryan is a mechanic who really loves tinkering...he must...on Saturday he went to Charlotte to install Raul's shocks...he didn't get home till 1am and then spends all day Sunday on my car. Quite a guy.

Willie Gee

ouch man... That's quite a chunk missing from your diff. Have you ever heard of taking it easy? You must drive like a maniac!

TheLoons12

what would cause something like this!!!

Glad to hear all is ok though

negcamber

WHAT!!!!

I was following YOU!

See the quote on the color of pots and kettles.

negcamber

Hate to say but it's pretty common on ap1s driven hard. It is worse on those who regularly drop their clutch improperly. My guess is that I am hard on up shifts and downshifts (eventhough I try to double clutch and rev match, I'm not always spot on).

This is the reason Comptech made the reinforced caps and why the ap2 diff has improved caps.

sftechguy

Glad everything's back together, Robert. No problem on the AAA -- that's what I've got it for. I'm just glad we were someplace with cell phone service.

We were definitely blessed with a wrecker operator who knew what he was doing and was very careful with how he did things. From having some 2x10s for ramps to make for a better approach angle to grabbing a rag out of the cab to wrap the tow cable to make sure it wouldn't scratch the front lip, the guy was definitely a pro.

Again, thanks to everybody else who helped or offered to help out.

And, ummm, Bill... yeah, that was an interesting way to "head home the most direct route"

SC_Highlander

Thanks, I'm happy to help. Glad you made it back home safely! I really do enjoy turning wrenches. The guys at work think I'm nuts and always ask, "Can't you pay someone to do that?"

SR71BB

Are just the caps upgraded on ap2? Is it possible to put ap2 caps in an ap1 diff?

GranPrix

Looks like something the Chupacabra left behind...

negcamber

Not sure of other changes...stratocaster is probably the expert...might send him a PM. But yes the carrier caps are upgraded on the ap2. Although, to look at them you would wonder has how the small amount of extra metal can really add much strength...the comptech or soon to be HTG reinforced caps definitely look beefy. But HTG mentioned that in NA s2ks he hasn't seen a failure of an ap2 cap yet. And they are bolt-in to the ap1 diff from what I understand.