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tccrab
03-05-2008, 01:58 AM
Girlfriend is getting ready for her new transmission, found these markings on her half shafts after I'd taken out the spare tire carrier (for the first time in the car's history):
Left side:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i159/tccrab/ZR1042.jpg
Right Side:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i159/tccrab/ZR1047.jpg
Rear view:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i159/tccrab/ZR1039.jpg
Jeffvette
03-05-2008, 02:40 AM
What's unusual?
cuisinartvette
03-05-2008, 02:54 AM
Your planes are about to crash.
tf95ZR1
03-05-2008, 03:57 AM
Crabs,
Better tell your girlfriend that she has nice
half shafts. :D

BTW, here in LA they would be called Tatoos

Ted
ZR1Vette
03-05-2008, 06:02 AM
Assuming your ZR is a 1990 you then have a VIN of 622 or higher... pre 622 have steel shafts and post... aluminum...maybe the markings were just a way to keep track of the half shaft transition????
Michael

Edit: looked at your profile... 1990 # 792
tccrab
03-05-2008, 10:35 AM
Boy...
Tough crowd.
Mysterious handwritten symbols, crashing planes, and tats.
:hello::mrgreen:
65ZR1
03-05-2008, 04:39 PM
Any chance they were replaced at some time? If they came from a salvage yard they could have been marked with the car they came out of. :confused:
tccrab
03-05-2008, 04:52 PM
Any chance they were replaced at some time? If they came from a salvage yard they could have been marked with the car they came out of. :confused:

Nope.
I bought the car with only 9500 miles on it and the original owner is a childhood friend. The car has never been wrecked.
He did have a nasty habit of speed shifting into 2nd gear at 7000 rpms tho...
It's kinda funny actually, I called him up and said, "the tranny's second gear synchro is shot, I wonder what's up with that?" :icon_scra
He said "Do ya think banging second gear all the time might be the reason?"
Hmmm???
Ya THINK?
:sign10:

Tom
PhillipsLT5
03-05-2008, 07:03 PM
Might want to send a photo to JVD
see if he has any insight
jim@automastersofbg.com
tomtom72
03-06-2008, 06:38 AM
I know my 90 has writting on it's aluminium halfshafts.....you would think that I would remember what it says and in what color.....but I don't:redface:

I'll be under there on Sat so I'll look & report back.

:cheers:
Tom
DMark
03-06-2008, 02:15 PM
This sounds like one of those topics that the NCRS will spend countless days being torn up about it. :rolleyes: