Robert,
in all likelyhood, one axle snapped. The other wheel doesn't get power
because of the differential. It diverts the power to the wheel with the
least resistance. Since the snapped side has no resistance, that's where
all the power goes.
Ulix
On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, robert weeks wrote:
> Well, it just figures that as soon as I resubscribe to the spridgets
> list that something major would happen to my Midget. While taking off
> from a light I heard a loud crunch and then no power to the back wheels.
> I can put the car in gear with the handbrake on and the driveshaft
> spins but that's where it ends. I figure I fried the differential or
> I snapped an axel. But then again if I snapped an axel, shouldn't one
> wheel still spin?? Maybe I snapped both half shafts??? Or maybe I
> somehow angered MOWOG and snapped both half shafts and fried the diff.
>
> This kind of stuff used to upset me, but while waiting the 2+ hours for
> the flatbed to show up, it came to me that all you really can do is laugh.
>
> I'll never sell my LBC, no matter what MOWOG throws my way! ;-)
>
> Thanks for letting me "share"
>
> Robert Weeks
> Durham NC
> 1969 Midget
> http://www.woozy.com/midget/
>
>
Ulix __/__,__
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