[Main 9000 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Ha! Piker! 2 Miles- Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:50:06 In Reply to: Fastest auto gearbox failure in history., jpc, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 06:26:25 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I had a shop do a complete rebuild on my '88 9KT autobox. It self-destructed on the test drive, and had to be towed back. Now, I could put this down to a bunch of ham-fisted mechanics, but they've done great work on other ZF boxes in the past (and since).

I have a theory about the ZF autobox. If it goes together *just perfect* at the factory, I'll last forever. The Majority don't go together perfectly, and so our 80K or so lifetime. At the other end of the curve are the 'short fuse' boxes.

Hey, people make mistakes. And there may have been a manufacturing defect in one of the new parts. That's why things have warranties. Things do break.

The next time I get a rebuld, I'll get it from Eriksson. I believe that they do a dyno test on boxes before they go out.

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• Fastest auto gearbox failure in history., jpc, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 06:26:25
  • Before we give the autobox a bad name..., Joe98, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:51:23
    • I totally agree!, Pat98, Sat, 12 Oct 2002 02:36:28
    • Oops, too late ..., Quasi, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:35:03
      • You are right, of course, but some of us still >, Bill Davies, Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:56:06
  • Don't feel bad, we put a Saab rebuilt auto into one car, Anders, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:09:27
  • Mine failed w/4K miles on it..., Joe98, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:00:13
  • You paid less than half the going rate, I think >, Bill Davies, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 09:59:12
    • Re: You paid less than half the going rate, I think >, jpc, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:32:15
      • Mine was Cdn$3000 with 3yr/60K km warranty, SaabKen, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 18:32:26
      • update:, jpc, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:50:43
  • Ha! Piker! 2 Miles-, Ari , Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:50:06 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Fastest auto gearbox failure in history., Kappy, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:43:26
  • Re: Fastest auto gearbox failure in history., Jensen, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:17:50
    • good point, jpc, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:26:42

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