doin burns outs and snappin axles

First off, it took me 15 minutes to read and process that wall of text and rambling. A period here and there is quite beneficial, just ask any female.

Second off, it's a 20+ year old car. I'm guessing you just picked it up and really haven't had a chance to go through it mechanically and see what your weak spots are (or what needs to be addressed before taking said actions). That being said, the 86-89 ST/GT/GTS did <NOT> come with a factory LSD option (I think the AT also can be included however I'm not 100% certain of this statement).

Why did I mention that? Well its quite simple. What does a LSD do? It helps to provide equal power to the drive wheels in a vehicle. It doesn't matter if it's FWD, RWD, AWD, truck, car, gokart, whatever. Without a limited slip installed, if one of the drive tires looses traction it will start spinning (thus why most non-LSD vehicles doing burnouts only leave 1 black stripe).

Since you have broken an axle, there is NO resistance to one side of the differential in the transmission. You can put it in any gear and the motor won't stall. Same thing would happen if you jack the vehicle up in the air and put it in a gear (if both axles are connected). No resistance to the wheels = no load to the transmission = no stalling of motor.

Could you have other problems? Yeah. I'm sure there's a nut or two loose. On top of that your clutch (I'm guessing you didn't do any work to it or inspect it prior to romping it) is pretty pissed at you as well. You may of shortened the lifespan of it greatly.

 

Go karts are solid axle, both driving wheels turn at the same rate Sorry, I had to, lol....

OP, any decent steering workshop should be able to source new axles for you, otherwise ebay is your friend. GT axles should be fine as long as you don't abuse them. Front wheel drive one wheel burnouts are gay anyway :lachtot

 

No pictures doesn't help and until you get under the car and see exactly what has happened
I can only guess.

The story about the dog was nice but it would have been better if you had of told us exactly
what size and how many bolts fell out.

So heres my guess. You didn't break the passenger side axle it just fell out of the tranny, it is
a 2 piece axle with a bearing in the middle that bolts to the engine. I think from the very little
info that you gave us that the 2 bolts that hold the bearing to the engine have fallen out and
that allowed the axle to fall out of the tranny.

In the picture below you can see the bracket/bearing on the axle which is unbolted from the
engine and you can see the top bolt on the block where it attaches.



So if that is the problem find a couple more 14mm bolts, stick the axle back into the tranny and then
use the 2 new bolts to re attach the bracket/bearing to the block

 

yes that is a 3sge and yes you did break your axle.

GT axles are not as strong as GTS axles and 5th gen axles are even stronger
than GTS axles.

I'm going to pull the passenger side axle on my 92 camry today so I'll take some
pictures

 

wow holy shit LOL i didn't know the 3sfe had enough torque to do that. but damn. it's okay, i've had a 2 day old axle snap out of my trans before...good thing i still had the old axle in the trunk

 

to replace the passenger side axle

- drain tranny fluid

- remove cotter pin and associated ring that prevents the axle bolt from turning
then you need a 30mm socket to remove the axle nut


- then I like to remove the caliper although you may be able to remove the axle without
removing the caliper but I want to remove the hub and spindle so I removed the caliper


- then I remove the 2 bolts that connect the hub to the strut


now you should be able to remove the axle from the hub.

- undo the 2 bolts that attach the axle to the block and you should
be able to pull the other end of the axle out of the tranny. You may
want to remove the side to side cross member for easier access.

 

hardcore story man!

 

no use gear oil,

 

75w90 has been good to me.

 

did you remove the c clip in the axle bearing that attaches to the block