Can "snap-ring" happen for out of range vehicles?

[Bill_C]

Hi All,

I am about to purchase a 1991 NSX that is out of the so-called snap-ring range.

Have there been instances that this problem occured on other vehicles?

Thanks in advance

-Bill

 

[steveny]

I do not know the answer to this question but I have not seen or heard of one failing out of the designed range. If one car out of the range did fail I wonder how that would effect resale value of all early model NSX's.

 

[mickeylex]

If it did

If it did happen, it wouldn't affect the resale value of just the early NSXs. It would affect the resale value of all NSXs.

 

[steveny]

Re: If it did

If it did happen, it wouldn't affect the resale value of just the early NSXs. It would affect the resale value of all NSXs.

Very true. I wonder what Acura would do if cars out of range started to fail.

 

[nsxtasy]

It could not happen with the cause from the snap ring range cars (the upper transmission case manufactured to the wrong tolerance). I don't know if snap rings can fail with properly manufactured transmission cases, but if it's even possible - and I'm not sure that it even is - it must be EXTREMELY rare.

 

[sjs]

Re: Re: If it did

Very true. I wonder what Acura would do if cars out of range started to fail.

Probably nothing more than a TSB so long as they failed far outside the warranty period, but there is no indication of that yet.

 

[4AU4LIFE]

but there is no indication of that yet

and you would've already showed by now.