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[clubman_dan]

my girlfriend (advantage_stacey) was driving her mini the other day, and the diff pin broke:( it snapped and went straight through the sump so all her oil got dumped all over the road and now she cant drive her mini for a little while so it can get fixed. she's not pleased having just spend a lot of money totally overhauling the front suspension
So. let this be a lesson to you all, take it easy on a standard diff pin or this might happen to you... (did i mention its only done about 56k miles)

DAN

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[Bluemini]

Not nice, the worst bit is knowing that you've got to take the engine out to fix it.
I did the same once and spat several teeth from the diff thru the casing, lots of oil on a hot exhaust and lots of smoke and it threw a drive shaft out at the same time.

[clubman_dan]

the oil was burning on the exhaust, the back of her car had a coating of oil all over it, i feel sorry for the poor bugger who was behind her when it happened, their car probably got covered in oil!

[Bungle]

yep blow the diff up on my mini it had only done 30000 miles

very big bang lots of black smoke and no gears , so i turned the engine off quick got out looked under the car and there was no gear box left just lots of bits of metal and oil under the car :sad:

never mind as i needed a new gear box a bought a 5 speed with twin pin diff :grin:

[Guess-Works.com]

Ouch, that's a mess....

I'll posting up another gorey gearbox related picture in a few minutes...

On the subject of xpin diffs, I found out yesterday that TranX no longer manufacture Mini Gearkits, drops or xpin diffs, which is a dire shame. They were seriously solid bits of kit, I've had one for two years with no issues. They would have been my preferred supplier for gears.

[Jammy]

Omg, have they said why they're not manufacturing them anymore?

[Guess-Works.com]

Not not had a response to my reply as yet, but is a shame as their unit is only 10 miles from me so would have been ideal...

Have enquired as to who they think are 'good' alternate suppliers..