I have emailed shepard transmissions explaining our situation with transmissions. He is interested in expanding his business into new fields and helping other communities besides the mitsu crowd. He would like to know what failures we are experiencing with out trannies. I told him that 2nd and 3rd tend to explode and that transmission housing crack randomly. Also explained that we have no way of installing LSD's without swapping out the entire transmissions. Any other things I should add to the list of things that need fixed with out transmissions? Also feel free to send emails to Mr. Shepard at shep@sheptrans.com... I'm trying to get us support here. I have also been in contact with Whipple, and things aren't looking nearly as bad as prior to possibly getting a decent twinscrew...

 

i would love 2 c something go through with shep. We could really use his help in the trans department.

 

It would be a waist of there time and money to build one for our car.

 

ya probably to late in the game for such a short production car.

 

why's that .. build F23 and F35.. they've been in more then one car.. and more then one year.. the F35 is revised in the ss/tc if i remember correctly

 

so wait.... you have to swap out the whole tranny for the lsd to be installed?

 

i keep breaking teeth on the main shaft (currently on my 3rd).also broke a ring gear. cases are definatly weak but if you stop parts from exploding inside them it wouldnt be such a big deal then.
lets see what else did i brake. bearings on diff are crap. fucked up 1st gear. blew some diffs but purchased a quaiff and problem solved.

no you can buy a lsd and split the cases .but it might be cheaper to just swap trannies after you buy the diff and pay someone to install it

 

what thc said is what i was meaning.

 

Ahh okay.. cause i was looking into that route...

 

Any one with pictures of blown trannies on this forum please post them up here or tell me where to find them. Mr. Shepard wants to take a look at them.

 

IIRC this has been done already with nothing coming of it. ugh whats his name? usmp something... he emailed them and i think it just kind of went away.

 

I believe you are correct, but if we keep showing interest hopefully something can be done. Mr. Shepard wants pics people post em up here.

 

bingo

 

Here is pics of the second tranny I blew. 3rd gear grenaded once again and shot out the case where it would normally crack anyhow. I still have the 1st transmission in my garage full up with a good case and diff that has a broken 3rd gear if Shep needs one to tear down and make a gearset for. I would be more than willing to send it in for a partial or full sponsorship for a gearset!

 

i could bring him a broken tranny if he would like that

 

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thanks for the pics man... come one guys i know there was more than one person with a blown up tranny pic

 

it wierd to hear it,l when i came on here back in the spring, first lookin at a cobalt, i made a topic about the transmissions because it was my first 5 speed and asked how they stood up. Everyone said they handle great, stand up to a lot of abuse and are very forgiving, not so much now hmm?

 

nothing here yet?

 

Any news on this?