370z Driveshaft Melted

Zbrah · 07-11-2015, 01:35 PM

Megan370z · 07-11-2015, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Zbrah

yeah i will wait until he post his pictures before i speak out my mind .. hehe

nis350 · 07-11-2015, 04:38 PM

I am sure there are plenty of used ones in the junkyard.

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Originally Posted by 370Z Kiwi

Two nights ago...I was driving and went to drop my clutch...and I heard a very bad sound of mechanical things failing and was like

. So I towed it to the car dealership assuming that my transmission or clutch had just failed....

They called me today to tell me that my driveshaft had melted....turns out that my Y-pipe was left disconnected and the exhaust gases had been exposed to the underneath of the car...and the heat from the exhaust melted the driveshaft until its structural integrity was lost, and the driveshaft has literally torqued itself apart...

I will take pictures when I get to the dealership.

Rusty · 07-11-2015, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Megan370z

yeah i will wait until he post his pictures before i speak out my mind .. hehe

Same here.

jshare1 · 07-20-2015, 12:28 AM

Where'd OP go

Spooler · 07-20-2015, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jshare1

Where'd OP go

He melted away.

TerribleONE · 07-20-2015, 01:28 AM

Ouch.. Hope the repair bill isn't to bad

INeedaDoctor · 07-20-2015, 03:20 AM

I have the pics. Should I post them?

DEpointfive0 · 07-20-2015, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by INeedaDoctor

I have the pics. Should I post them?

Obviously

jshare1 · 07-20-2015, 11:19 AM

i mean come on now, dont be a **** tease, obviously we want pictures

INeedaDoctor · 07-20-2015, 11:33 AM

OP ended up trading in his car and getting a new 2015 Nismo.

dP3NGU1N · 07-20-2015, 01:56 PM

There's your problem... Looks like your drive shaft had a paper towel roll as a core.

1st · 07-20-2015, 02:14 PM

Ouch!..

Rusty · 07-20-2015, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dP3NGU1N

There's your problem... Looks like your drive shaft had a paper towel roll as a core.

That's a cardboard tube inside the carbon fiber. It's for support when wrapping the carbon fiber into a tube. And for sound dampening.

That shaft looks like the ones at work that have failed. The carbon fiber driveshafts at work last about 3~4 years before they come apart.

Factory aluminum driveshafts have the cardboard tube too. I found out the easy way. Rockcrawling with my PowerWagon.

dP3NGU1N · 07-20-2015, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

That's a cardboard tube inside the carbon fiber. It's for support when wrapping the carbon fiber into a tube. And for sound dampening.

That shaft looks like the ones at work that have failed. The carbon fiber driveshafts at work last about 3~4 years before they come apart.

Factory aluminum driveshafts have the cardboard tube too. I found out the easy way. Rockcrawling with my PowerWagon.

Yeah, I was just having a laugh. I doubt it would have helped much if they used extruded steel (thin gauge) as the core.

07-11-2015, 01:35 PM	#16 (permalink)
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07-20-2015, 12:28 AM	#20 (permalink)
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07-20-2015, 01:28 AM	#22 (permalink)
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07-20-2015, 11:19 AM	#25 (permalink)
jshare1 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Hanover, MD Posts: 283 Drives: 14' 370Z Touring 6MT Rep Power: 15	i mean come on now, dont be a **** tease, obviously we want pictures Megan370z and Masterbeatty like this. __________________ "only acceptable trades are turtles or beer"

07-20-2015, 01:56 PM	#27 (permalink)
dP3NGU1N A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Irvine Posts: 1,682 Drives: 13 PW sport 6mt Rep Power: 18	There's your problem... Looks like your drive shaft had a paper towel roll as a core. Zbrah and Mysilverz like this. __________________ 35% Hooper Optik \| Takeda Attack CAI \| F.I. HFC \| Hotchkis Sway Bar \| Stillen 24row \| OS Giken Super Lock LSD \| TK Shift Knob \| EVO-R Carbon Diffuser

07-20-2015, 03:20 AM	#23 (permalink)
INeedaDoctor Base Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 87 Drives: 09 Black Touring Rep Power: 12	I have the pics. Should I post them?

07-20-2015, 11:33 AM	#26 (permalink)
INeedaDoctor Base Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 87 Drives: 09 Black Touring Rep Power: 12	OP ended up trading in his car and getting a new 2015 Nismo.

07-20-2015, 02:14 PM	#28 (permalink)
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