azimm1984

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Hey guys wondering what I can do to give me 10bolt less stress besides obviously not trying to go fast...

I have auto trans 3500 stall, 3.42 gears and drag radials...

Right now all thats done to the rear end is a new girdle type cover...

djfury05

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remove it and install 9".. one thing you can do is weld the axle tubes to the housing.. don't put in too high of a gear either.. and you have a girdle.... soooo.. that's pretty much it lol good luck to you

Bluestreak

+1 on the girdle. Synthetic gear lube, change it out every 10k. Oil's cheap. Freshen the bearings as soon as you start hearing noises... bearings are cheap and it only takes an afternoon to swap them out. I've run 11's on my original 10-bolt... rebuilt it twice since I bought the car new in '99 and it's still underneath it. Drive smart, don't abuse it too much, and you can make it live a long time.

BODUKE

The 10 bolt can last a while. Watch out for wheel hop.

pancho toco loco

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Dont race it lol

02sleeperz28

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Remove it and sell it!

SS SLP2

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here is the build/cost on my 10 bolt, never broke was still running 1.64 @ 60 ft after 10 years /77K, replaced 3-4 months ago with 9"

now lets see if I can add it all up

my A4/stalled/10 bolt

ta cover/stud kit (140.00)
Detroit locker (525.00)
3.73 (200.00)
mos axles (250.00)
welded tubes (nc)
mt drag radials (300.00)
air bags (50.00)
adjust ta on body mount(250.00)
relocate brackets (nc)
adjust lca (200.00)
adj phb (100.00)
all labor (nc)
all added a nickel and a dime at a time

heck of a lot of money in a 10 bolt

I do not want to add it up/all this in a 10 bolt running mid 11' /1.64 @ 60ft
Johnny

azimm1984

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sounds like I might be okay for a while only running a 3.42 but I am getting some wheelhop that scares me... I have adjustable lower control arms and torque arm.. guessing it needs some tweaking

01ssreda4

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Don't wheel hop and freshen the bearings up. Aftermarket gears tend to have a bit stronger cut which makes them stronger (and more prone to noise). I have not yet seen a rebuilt ten bolt break, and I have done a lot of them.

Mean87SS

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Don't race it...

Nick V.

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the autos dont break the ten bolts all that much. at least thats what ive heard.

Bluestreak

Granted, autos are less prone to breakage, but I've seen a goober or two grenade them with just a few extra bolt-on horsepower at the track. Depends on how you build and drive it.

ODAWG

Weld the axle tubes where they go into the housing, get some aftermarket rear lower control arms to eliminate wheel hop (trust me they work!) and you have an auto so you should be fine the autos do not produce as much of a shock on the drive train on hard launches as the m6s.

atrain59

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Get some lower control relocation brackets and that should get rid if the wheel hop

TA6spdRDC

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Store it in your laundry room. lol stay away from wheel hop and 4.10 or bigger gears

great421

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FYI - Airbags in the rear springs (10 lbs on the driver's side / 15 lbs on the pass side) were the things that eliminated my car's wheel hop - yes, the LCA relocation brackets helped, but by themselves they did not eliminate my car's whel hop.

darrensls1

Make sure you preload the drivetrain before you launch. I've been running on a ten bolt for years with the mods and numbers in my sig.

manfred717

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My stalled ta grenaded its ten bolt with bolt ons and street tires...i have no faith in the ten bolt

bayer-z28

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Get rid of these.... Sorry...

But if you plan on drag racing your car, heavily and frequently, it's not going to last. I've been on my 10b stock rear for 9 years and it's been fine with me.. But I've got a bent axle. Has been for a while, just never figured out what it was until recently. It's just a street car and doesn't see the track very much. I'm also on a built T56 with a McLeod single clutch, so it bites hard when i want it to. Been running NT05's for a year or two now, and it's still fine. But I just want gears.

Get a TA Girdle for now and have the axle tubes welded to the center section. That's all you can really do, shy of building it.

They're not as fragile as people say, but then again, I'm pretty kind to mine. I have never side stepped it nor do I plan to. I power shift rarely, but only when needed.

lemons12

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I have cut more than enough 1.50-1.55 (373s 4000) short times and 1.60-1.65 (410s 4400) (lifting the tires a foot and unloading causing me to spin, should have been mid-high 1.4s) to have faith in a ten bolt.

They are strong behind autos, suck *** behind manuals.