Catastrophic starter damage from an Axle,, Well catastrophic for the axle adapter too... Options

[wallys914]

Today I lined up with a 350Z; I let the clutch go at 2K, good launch, and shake, shake, bang, grind, and grind. Axle adapter breaks, shears the starter from the Trans, and proceeds to lodge itself on the shift linkage, and leaving me with my pride back at the light, and my car stalled in the 3rd lane from the right on PCH, with no gears available... Considering that the power for the entire fuse box goes to the starter, and that it fell off,I am lucky I didnt fry any wiring and/or watch my car burst into flames.

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Now looking at this I am learning a valuable lesson, that it is valuable to undo your CV and retightening the Axle adapter after 2k miles, and how can I make sure this never happens again...? I know someone thought of this, but has any one welded the adapter to the Trans axle snub? Just a thought....

BTW: I only make 216hp/ 276 ft-lb at the wheel...and am using the renegade hybrids axles... Not that it is their fault I did not do proper maintenance...but WTF!

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[GeorgeRud]

I wonder if anyone has tried to make a "cage" to fit around the cv joint that would contain it in case of a failure. These are pretty standard on lots of cars to contain driveshafts, so it probably would not be a bad idea. It should be easy enough to fabricate one to fit on the passenger side, attaching to the differential bolts holes, but I can't think of a good attachment point on the driver's side. A starter bolt and rear transmission mount are the closest things I can come up with.