Cracked Diff and or Crank

50-3 · Postby **50-3** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:44 am

Have u had a cracked diff or crank shaft???

SuperMazdaKart · Postby **SuperMazdaKart** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:01 am

no problems here, knock on wood

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:25 am

Neither - it is/was an NA8 :mrgreen:

Richee · Postby **Richee** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:10 am

All good here even though its a NA6 with the dreaded short nose crank, but it does have a VLSD.

Almost forgot its an import to boot

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:17 am

snapped my weeeeeee little diff.

although it can happen in the NA8. They are pretty much imumne to these issues

Woo · Postby **Woo** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:32 am

Tore the pinion gear out of my 1st Torsen

And although the crank didn't snap it was twisted 2 degrees on #1 cylinder. (Threw a leg outta bed).

I think that rates as \"both\" :cry:

kitkat · Postby **kitkat** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:09 am

Done the crank, been pretty lucky with the diff in the mx5. Ive already gone through 2 in the bimmer

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:20 pm

all good so far .

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:45 pm

Nothing yet

Ben

Red Dragon · Postby **Red Dragon** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:40 pm

No problems with either \"TOUCHES HEAD\"

DOYLMX5 · Postby **DOYLMX5** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:12 pm

While I haven't had any problems with the diff or crank, it has been reported that I don't have a standard diff. So I am just going to assume that either a) the diff cracked and was replaced with a viscous, or b) my car has been in some crazy ass accident and the diff was snapped (one of the first things to go in a crash yes?)

hopefully it is a...

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:16 pm

Haven't had the short nose problem... :oops:

But it's only a matter of time before the diff packs up and goes to the great junk yard in the sky! :mrgreen:

Steve Tinker · Postby **Steve Tinker** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:49 am

Not had a problem with either the crank or the diff - but the car has only done 60,000km so I wouldn't expect any problems yet.
I replaced the crank bolt a couple of months ago and used my dentists mirror to inspect the thread, key & keyway - looked brand new, no elongation of the threads or bruising of the keyway. So I torqued up the new bolt with the appropriate Loctite and left it for another year before I repeat the procedure.