A friend of mine just bought out his lease on a 2002 Odyssey. Is there any
preventative measures that can be done to avoid pre-mature tranny failure
because of faulty design?

Pars

"Mista Bone" <mistab0ne@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:YgqZd.18871$4k2.9566@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> once loose part from a poorly designed Honda transmission
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> http://www.bettendorf.com/~mrbone/pi...y/P3130001.JPG
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> = explosion of tranny guts.
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> The failed part is on the white bath mat in the lower right. The pinion
pin
> was not properly hardened and was chewed thru by the pinion gears inside
the
> differential.
>
> non case hardened..........90k miles some abuse
>
> http://www.bettendorf.com/~mrbone/pi.../bad%20pin.jpg
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> case hardened, 130k miles of MY ABUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> http://www.bettendorf.com/~mrbone/pi...good%20pin.jpg
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> "qdn" <quocducnguyen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1110813052.894740.124890@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> > My brother in-law just had a scary incident with his Honda Odyssey
> > (2002?) yesterday (03/13/2005).
> >
> > While driving on Hwy 635 (between Fort Worth and Dallas), the van just
> > completely locks the front wheels causing a skid to a complete stop.
> > He almost got rear ended as he can see smoke vented from the wheels of
> > several cars behind him.
> >
> > He quickly got his wife an three kids out of the van and move them to a
> > safe distance in front of the now disable van sitting in the middle of
> > the left lane of 635 and called 911.
> >
> > This is shocking to me. How can a car completely lock up while driving
> > between 65 and 70 mph? The only thing I could think of is a total
> > transmission failure with broken gear/tooth causing the drive train to
> > freeze. He engine is probably gone too.
> >
> > Does anyone had such experience?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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