Hello all my DF friends. Hope everyones rides are runnin well. Quick story for ya.

Yesterday, I turn right at this intersection and start up a hill. I'm on the throttle a little bit, not like I usually am. The light on my Commander comes on, tc locks up, and all of a sudden, a small "bang". Engine revs, I pull over.

I get out, no fluid, no hanging driveshaft. I knew it in my head that it was internal. I especially knew it was the tranny input shaft......lol. Been reading a couple articles on our shafts failing at anything above stock hp/tq.

Truck gets flatbeded to the tranny guy. He just laughs every time my truck shows up. He's a great guy and has a KILLER tranny shop. Sixty three years their family has had their business. Truck got to his shop at 1:15pm, Monday. He calls me at 3:30 yesterdayto confirm the shaft had sheared off all the splines in the drum assembly.

Time to shop at ATS!!!!!!!

Bought their billet input shaft/drum assembly and had it overnighted. Truck was back together and in my arms at 4:30 this afternoon.

I told Mayfair this was his lesson for today:


Overnight shipping - $143.00[/align][/align]ATS billet input shaft - $810.00[/align][/align]Labor,system flush, filter, gasket, and 5 gallons of tranny fluid - $865.00[/align][/align][/align][/align]The beating that the truck got when I left the shop....................................[/align][/align][/align][/align][/align]...............................PRICELESS![/align][/align][/align]Down time is something we all hate. [/align][/align]I love my tranny man and ATS Diesel!!!!!.........................LOL.[/align][/align][/align]Anyway, hello to all of you and will catch ya later.[/align][/align]Aj[/align]

 

Sorry to hear about that, but sounds like it ended well. Good luck.

 

thats the fun part in building power. . .trying to guess what will break next

 

That's why I'm going to limit myself to 400 HP... I'm very close to it now... But knowing the manual trans and the clutch is the weak spot I'm looking down the barrel of a new clutch if I get some 60HP injectors...

 

how much power can a nv4500 with upgraded input shaft reliable hold (when the clutch is not an issue).

 

depends on what gear your in. 3rd gear I have heard can be weak, 5th gear will fall off.

past that if you do a youtube/google/yahoo video search for Big Bad Dodge, thats a 97 with a NV4500HD.

 

Am I reading that right ... 2K for an input shaft installed?

Holy CRAP !!! [:-]

 

Glad I cracked that nut along time ago. Just kinda wish I had the intermediate and output billet shafts also. Never the less, peace of mind goes along way.

Hey Drew, I like that about trying to figure out what will break next. Hope that I don't have to go there!

 

theres a smack to the wallet! now lets see some burnout pics with the new upgrade!

 

FIRE FIRE FIRE !!!