Originally Posted by Zbrah (Post 3253946)

:worthless:

Originally Posted by 370Z Kiwi (Post 3253315)

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 :facepalm: . 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.

Originally Posted by Megan370z (Post 3254018)

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

Originally Posted by jshare1 (Post 3261397)

Where'd OP go

Originally Posted by INeedaDoctor (Post 3261429)

I have the pics. Should I post them?

Originally Posted by dP3NGU1N (Post 3261933)

There's your problem... Looks like your drive shaft had a paper towel roll as a core. :icon08:

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3261967)

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. :shakes head: