Crowned Customs

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I blew out my diff the other day but the Dealer is covering it under warranty no questions asked. wheew

So now that I will have a brand new diff I want to get the best wheel hop fix. What is your personal experience? Gforce axles? BMR kit?? I would like to make this diff last. Thanks for your input.

JJSimon904

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Not only do you have a brand new diff, it is stronger than your last one as well If it is under warranty, I'd try not to do too much back there because if it happens again (not likely now) they might give you a hard time about it.

itsslow98

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Hendrix/DSS axles IMO are the best solution. Gforce also makes them but my vote goes to Thomas at Hendrix.

whisler151

Damn that sucks. Go with the Gforce axles.

tommycompton

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Hendrix race axles FTW.
Honest you can't go wrong with either company, you just might wanna throw some rust paint on the Hendrix/DSS.

Crowned Customs

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I thought the 06 had the upgraded already?? How many gens are there?

JJSimon904

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There are 3. They made an even better rear in 2008 even though they didnt make the V that year.

Crowned Customs

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nice! I wonder if thats what I am going to get

CancerJCC

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Actually 4 but the first generation lasted such a short time it is sometimes not considered at all as a generation.

.Houdini.

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If you get a new rear from the dealer it WILL be the late 08 revision (latest part number).

Peetyz

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How bad are the difs on the 06-07 if they are stock? Do they just not like slicks or what? Friend is looking at 06-07 V's currently. Sorry for the hi jack but OP how did you break it?

Crowned Customs

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Well the 06 has a better diff than the 04-05s but I guess not good enough. I broke it launching hard.

GulfM3

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What broke on the diff, and do you have pictures? IMHO the 06+ diffs are pretty strong as in the case does not grenade like the 04-05 diffs. The 06+ diff gears are known to whine, but they will whine for thousands of miles without ever catastrophically failing. The howling gears is the only I'm considering replacing mine with the 9", mine have been howling for the past 15k miles and never given me any other issues.

If Crowned Customs actually split the case of a 06-07 differential this would be the FIRST 06+ diff explosion I have ever seen. Not calling anyone out, in fact If you really split a 06+ case thumbs up on not being a chicken and actually driving the car

Crowned Customs

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haha, I do in fact drive my car the way it is meant to be driven. But I did not grenade the casing. I'm still not too sure but it looks like I broke it where the drivers side axle shaft bolts to the diff. Dealer said the gears are toast too.
Here is the only crappy pic I have..

raven154

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Looks like you just broke a CV joint. Happened to me as well on the drivers side inner. That is CV grease slung around. I'd almost bet that there is nothing wrong with the diff as long as the axle didn't smack the case and break it.

Fuzzy_Wuzzy

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This is good to know. I like having a cheap fuseable link that is not the diff.

Is it sad that i throw in a spare axle on long trips?

Also with the stronger gen 3 diff... that is part of the reason the dealer heard me "whine" about the whine from my stock diff...

whisler151

If you did break your diff you are the first on the forums with a 06-07 to do so. All the grenading has been done by 04-05. There have been several 04-05 Vs that have the later gen diffs that blow, but no blown diffs on 06-07 LS2 Vs.

With all that CV grease I would agree with raven. Looks like you popped a CV which is fairly common with our V1s.

Either way, it still sucks and I hope warranty covered it.

07CTS-V

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Hell yeah! Good job breaking the CV joint. I have twisted off the splines inside the diff before.

I have the GForce econo axles and they remove 100% of the wheelhop up to about 5500 rpms. I think the main difference between the Hendrix/DSS and the GForce axles are that the GForce ones have the larger diameter on the longer shaft. I think I read that the Hendrix/DSS axles are now coming with some sort of coating now also. There is some talk about the Hendrix/DSS ones not being 300M material, but I cannot confirm that so take it for what it's worth (not much).

I have purchased axles from both places (Hendrix and GForce) and from personal experience I prefer dealing with Chris. There didn't seem to be any 'shady' excuses as to when the product was going to ship. Also, all the parts that were supplied with the GForce axles fit properly.

Bmr4life

Man, I thought the diff was the only problem these cars had. I didn't know the axles were weak too.

Is there anything else to worry about?

07CTS-V

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My axle broke after two years of constant abuse with 440 rwHp. I have only heard of two other people that have broken axle stubs.