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Old 02-01-2014, 03:05 PM   #1
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Default GT-E Snapped Tail Shaft

I am the proud owner of a Silver 2009 FG GT-E

On the 22 Dec 13 whilst trying to power through an intersection i heard the metal noise from underneath the car and no drive. I had to have the car towed and on the Monday I received a call informing me that my tail shaft had snapped.

After a new tail shaft was installed I ask to have a look at the old item. The pictures are if the workshop post. Their seems to be an issue with the old part as it has corroded from the inside.


Has any one seen anything like this before?

Are their any detail on a item fault?

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Old 02-01-2014, 03:11 PM   #2
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Been discussed a few times, don't think yours is the first.

Why post here and post the photos somewhere else?? I am not going searching for the photos. Costs nothing to post the photos here, or at least put a link to where the photos are.
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Old 02-01-2014, 05:31 PM   #3
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From my vague memory water gets in and ruins the cardboard in them and creates corrosion then they break
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Old 02-01-2014, 06:38 PM   #4
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From my vague memory water gets in and ruins the cardboard in them and creates corrosion then they break
Yep, that's exactly what happened to my old mans FG XR6. He got the destroyed shaft from ford and you could see the corrosion, plus it was a pretty thin shaft to start with.
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Old 02-01-2014, 08:26 PM   #5
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From my vague memory water gets in and ruins the cardboard in them and creates corrosion then they break
Cardboard? Wtf are you talking about? Please don't tell me thers cardboard in a late model Falcon tailshaft? I cant handle these modern car horror stories anymore!
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Cardboard? Wtf are you talking about? Please don't tell me thers cardboard in a late model Falcon tailshaft? I cant handle these modern car horror stories anymore!
The tailshafts have cardboard in them, why eludes me at the moment. It has been standard practice for years now.
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Old 02-01-2014, 08:41 PM   #7
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I think it's for NVH purposes.
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Yeah the cardboard is to absorb vibrations...

Its a farcry from the carbon fibre wrapped alloy tailshaft that the EL GT got so long ago...
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I think it's for NVH purposes.
You might be right Grippy.
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I think it's for NVH purposes.
FFS how much diff is a bit of cardboard inside a tailshaft goin to make.....ludicrous!
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Default Re: GT-E Snapped Tail Shaft

Don't need two threads running on same topic
Other thread here
http://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11411224
This ones closed

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