I busted my rear
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I busted my rear I'm at home in the country and I ran my cousin last night(1971 hopped-up camaro).
My rearend has been making more and more noise over the last month. I ran my cousin and was ahead of him... but the rear felt REALLY bad, so I backed out of it. I was still able to beat him by four cars (that's what the guys told me) even though I went thru most of the quarter at about 3/4 throttle. <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
Leaveing the area on the way home, I punched it. Instead of the clunk-clunk sound of two or three teeth missing, I heard a loud POP and I lost all forward motion. I thought the axle broke, but it was hard to tell. The tire didn't walk out even though my brother-in-law towed me about three miles back to his house.
Today, I had to put a sound system in my parents's new church, so couldn't open it up to see what was wrong. But, my brother-in-law and uncle are going to check it for me tomorrow - I have more work to do at the church.
I'm not in a position to ante up $2500+ for a 12-bolt yet, so I'll just be putting in another rear end.
My uncle thinks he knows where a Blazer rearend is and thinks that may work. Do any of you guy know anything about that?
Thanks!
My rearend has been making more and more noise over the last month. I ran my cousin and was ahead of him... but the rear felt REALLY bad, so I backed out of it. I was still able to beat him by four cars (that's what the guys told me) even though I went thru most of the quarter at about 3/4 throttle. <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
Leaveing the area on the way home, I punched it. Instead of the clunk-clunk sound of two or three teeth missing, I heard a loud POP and I lost all forward motion. I thought the axle broke, but it was hard to tell. The tire didn't walk out even though my brother-in-law towed me about three miles back to his house.
Today, I had to put a sound system in my parents's new church, so couldn't open it up to see what was wrong. But, my brother-in-law and uncle are going to check it for me tomorrow - I have more work to do at the church.
I'm not in a position to ante up $2500+ for a 12-bolt yet, so I'll just be putting in another rear end.
My uncle thinks he knows where a Blazer rearend is and thinks that may work. Do any of you guy know anything about that?
Thanks!
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Re: I busted my rear Heres the link you need. <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
https://ls1tech.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ulti...c&f=2&t=000571
https://ls1tech.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ulti...c&f=2&t=000571
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Re: I busted my rear [quote]Originally posted by XLR8NSS:
<strong>Heres the link you need. <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
https://ls1tech.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ulti...c&f=2&t=000571</strong><hr></blockquote>
Thanks for the link to the thread.
I'll print it out to discuss with my uncle and brother-in-law. <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
<strong>Heres the link you need. <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
https://ls1tech.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ulti...c&f=2&t=000571</strong><hr></blockquote>
Thanks for the link to the thread.
I'll print it out to discuss with my uncle and brother-in-law. <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
Re: I busted my rear Get a loan and get the 12 bolt now. Why replace it with something that will surely fallow the same fate. Learn from other peoples experiences. Eveyone that has tried to be cheap made that same mistake. Ive seen a few posts already of people that replace 10 bolts with 10 bolts only to break the new one and end up having to buy a 12 bolt anyway.
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Re: I busted my rear [quote]Originally posted by Importdestroyer:
<strong>Get a loan and get the 12 bolt now. Why replace it with something that will surely fallow the same fate. Learn from other peoples experiences. Eveyone that has tried to be cheap made that same mistake. Ive seen a few posts already of people that replace 10 bolts with 10 bolts only to break the new one and end up having to buy a 12 bolt anyway.
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You are right, of course.
ALL teeth on the pinion gear were gone, and a few on the ring gear. Everything else in was fine.
I overnighted another R&P. I'll spend $200 for the bandaid now and save for spending $2500 later.
Either I'll bring the tire pressure up in the ET Streets or I'll put my BFGs back on (probably the latter) until I have a 12-bolt.
Right or wrong, that's the call I made.
Thanks for everyone's advice! <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
<strong>Get a loan and get the 12 bolt now. Why replace it with something that will surely fallow the same fate. Learn from other peoples experiences. Eveyone that has tried to be cheap made that same mistake. Ive seen a few posts already of people that replace 10 bolts with 10 bolts only to break the new one and end up having to buy a 12 bolt anyway.
HP
98 Vortech TA</strong><hr></blockquote>
You are right, of course.
ALL teeth on the pinion gear were gone, and a few on the ring gear. Everything else in was fine.
I overnighted another R&P. I'll spend $200 for the bandaid now and save for spending $2500 later.
Either I'll bring the tire pressure up in the ET Streets or I'll put my BFGs back on (probably the latter) until I have a 12-bolt.
Right or wrong, that's the call I made.
Thanks for everyone's advice! <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
Re: I busted my rear Havent even taken mine apart yet, still waiting on my Strange. I was able to limp it home though. Every so often something would catch and the back right tire would "skip". I dont know if I broke an axle on that side or what.
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Re: I busted my rear hehehe.... i planed ahead ! i have 2 10 bolt rear ends ( all in working order) and i just got my 12 bolt in !!!
no breaky breaky here !!! ( now i jinxed myself).
no breaky breaky here !!! ( now i jinxed myself).
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Re: I busted my rear It's back in... my brother-in-law installed it. It's almost as quiet as the OEM rear, too. I'm pleased with the job he did. I'm buying him another hard-drive and installing it in his computer for him.
Remember what I said about customer support for my GWP/ATI Stage II?
I called Jason and whined a bit about my situation. AFter telling him I wasn't prepared to buy a 12-bolt, he hooked me up with one of his rear-end guys and they overnighted me a ring&pinion. We talked late Friday afternoon and the gear was in boon-docks NC Saturday. It was in Saturday night.
Remember what I said about customer support for my GWP/ATI Stage II?
I called Jason and whined a bit about my situation. AFter telling him I wasn't prepared to buy a 12-bolt, he hooked me up with one of his rear-end guys and they overnighted me a ring&pinion. We talked late Friday afternoon and the gear was in boon-docks NC Saturday. It was in Saturday night.