Not a good way to bring in the new year

[NSXnBRLA]

Well this morning we took my transmission out of my car to put the Ring & Pinion and short gears in. Wouldn't you know it, the snap ring was SNAPPED. A small portion of the end of it was broken off, but still sitting inside the housing, right by the main part of the snap ring. I ordered all the new parts from the dealer today, to repair it, including the new housing. I'm amazed that I had absolutely no indications that it was broken. Everything was perfectly normal under every driving condition. Oh well, just thought i'd share some woes with you all. Now its back to work. We're almost finished, and tomorrow, i'll have it all back together. I'll post up some pictures of the transmission torn apart, for anyone who cares to see how intricate it is. Happy New Year

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[nsxtasy]

I would consider that good luck. You caught it before it destroyed the rest of the transmission, and you don't have to duplicate all the labor you're doing for the R&P and short gears to get it fixed. Now you won't have to worry about it any more.

I would be delighted if I were you...

 

[JoeSchmoe]

Actually, I would consider this to be a great way to start a new year considering you found and prevented a major catastrophe AND you now have short gears and R&P to play with!

Now if the transmission completely failed... then that would be a bad way to bring in the new year.

 

[NSXnBRLA]

True, however, I would have liked more help from the Acura dealer. I guess I haven't read up on the goodwill requirements for the snap ring issue.

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[MvM]

Well, you start the new year with a NSX with a perfect condition transmission that will even feel better.
Hope for you that all of 2003 will be trouble free for your AND the NSX of course.

 

[nsxtasy]

Originally posted by NSXnBRLA:
True, however, I would have liked more help from the Acura dealer. I guess I haven't read up on the goodwill requirements for the snap ring issue.

There are no such requirements. The affected cars are now ten to eleven years old. Their warranties ran out seven to eight years ago. Goodwill repairs were not uncommon for the few years after their expiration, but they are now virtually unheard of.

The good news remains that, if you do the repair at a time that you're opening up the transmission anyway (e.g. for gear modifications or a clutch replacement), all it costs you is basically the cost of the parts (snap ring and transmission case).

[This message has been edited by nsxtasy (edited 31 December 2002).]

 

[NSXnBRLA]

Originally posted by nsxtasy:
There are no such requirements. The affected cars are now ten to eleven years old. Their warranties ran out seven to eight years ago. Goodwill repairs were not uncommon for the few years after their expiration, but they are now virtually unheard of.

Thats not totally true. I just bought a 92 NSX transmission from a dealership in Cali. This particular transmission was in the range, had a cracked snap ring, but no internal damage. The dealership goodwilled him enough money for a new case + parts and installation, which he used to buy a brand new tranny. My local dealer put me in touch with the man at HNA that makes the final decision on snap ring goodwills, and he said if the conditions are right, its highly likely that they'll help you. We'll be rebuilding this tranny as well, and adding the gearset + Ring & Pinion.



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