big bang

[cerby 4.2]

pulled out of a side turning low revs there was a loud bang simalar to a jump out of gear sound.
the cerb had lost drive,clutch pedal feels normal as does gear stick. with the engine running and 4th gear selected clutch pedal raised slowly no drive nasty sounds from under the car and speedo moves up.simon at leven guessing at broken drive shaft any thoughts ? thanks pete.

[crazycats]

Sounds like driveshaft.

If your speedo is working then I would say the drivers side shaft has snapped. The speedo sensor is fitted to that side of the diff, therefore the N/S shaft is staying put, and the O/S is spinning.

[sonnylad]

Sounds like drive shaft as original ones do tend to be a weak point in that area.

[FUBAR]

Yup, had 2 of these go now. Almost consider myself an expert on the subject ;(

[brummiewedge]

Mine went around a month ago, get underneath and you will be able to "wobble" it around. TVR power are around £220 a side, i tried the Ford route £600 , in the end i found one in a breakers in good nick.

[cerby 4.2]

thanks.just have to wait a few days for it to go in.

[Byker28i]

crazycats said:

Sounds like driveshaft.

If your speedo is working then I would say the drivers side shaft has snapped. The speedo sensor is fitted to that side of the diff, therefore the N/S shaft is staying put, and the O/S is spinning.

If the speedo has a sensor why did my speedo needle stop at 130mph on Sunday? Dirty sensor?

[cerby 4.2]

as i am keeping the car i thought it might pay to replace the other driveshaft at the same time.

[southendpier]

Pete, nasty one; sorry to hear that.

David

[jbvipercerb]

Do you know Trackcar has uprated drive shafts to overcome this problem £179+vat on his website?
By the way Byker28i, if the speedo works the sensor should be ok, it sounds as though its something in the speedo head thats sticking, probably because the needle never goes that far up, normally! Or maybe I'm wrong!

[cerby 4.2]

its been a long 8 days not being able to use the cerb.trying to look on the bright side 2 to go.

[Olly]

Just think of the weather we've been having recently !

Ours hasn't been used since FT (mainly due to work before I get flamed for being a pansy)

[FUBAR]

Olly is a pansy

[Olly]

Fubar is a...... actually, I won't start this, we'll be here all day !

[cerby 4.2]

starting to get excited,its nearly time for the cerb to go to the docters.

[cerby 4.2]

should have read doctors Dooh!

[Seasider]

cerby 4.2 said:

should have read doctors Dooh!

Hi Pete, hope it gets sorted today for you & YHM

Good to know not all Cerb drivers are like Fubes

[cerby 4.2]

ok del,if you have problems its yours if you need it pete.

[Seasider]

cerby 4.2 said:

ok del,if you have problems its yours if you need it pete.

About to HID a find out if its delivered yet

Your a gent, just a pity about your timing

[Seasider]

cerby 4.2 said:

ok del,if you have problems its yours if you need it pete.

Thanks Pete, cant believe the wrs sent the wrong one