The retainer sleeve (much like a pipe over the input shaft) snapped clean off the tranny leaving the lower part still in the tranny which is why the TOB was no longer running straight and making the clutch chatter like crazy when engaging.
But worse yet I see I've actually twisted the splines on the input shaft of the tranny. wow and I'm only around 500rwhp and not even running sticky tires for a while.
Notice the retainer still with the TOB.
![Image](http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/cobra/broken-retainer.jpg)
Not sure if you can see the spline twist in pics but they are not straight.
![Image](http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/cobra/twist.jpg)
and here's a few pics of the T56 if you've never seen one. It's amazingly small and only a little bigger than the T5. A little heavier though
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
![Image](http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/cobra/t56.jpg)
![Image](http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/cobra/t56-2.jpg)
![Image](http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/cobra/t56-3.jpg)
So up next will be a 26 spline input shaft instead of the stock 10 spline, Spec stage 3+ clutch and supporting hardware. $$ cha ching haha - oh well the price of having fun I guess.
Malcolm