10 bolt carnage, happened during normal driving.
07-12-2011, 12:10 PM
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10 bolt carnage, happened during normal driving. On my way home from a trip to TN last month, headed back to AR, my rear started making a whine. It wasn't bad, but has gradually gotten worse over the past month. It was getting me back and forth to work, until one day I washed my car and on the way home just CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK, loud as hell, vibrating/shaking/knocking my entire car, through the driveshaft, transmission, shifter, everything was shaking. Car has been down for a few weeks, and I finally took the rear end cover off to see what was going on.
Pinion lost a bunch of teeth, and the ring lost a few too. I'm not really sure how it happened under normal cruising driving down 6th gear on the highway. But it is what it is, these gears are TINY. I will be throwing in a free stock 3.42 gear from a friend for about a month and then I will be buying a 4.10 12 bolt rear end with a chromoly driveshaft in August.
Can't wait to get some strong 4.10s to launch!
Pieces pulled from it.
Notice the missing teeth from the pinion
Piece lodged between the differential and ring, also notice the chunks missing from the ring
Pinion lost a bunch of teeth, and the ring lost a few too. I'm not really sure how it happened under normal cruising driving down 6th gear on the highway. But it is what it is, these gears are TINY. I will be throwing in a free stock 3.42 gear from a friend for about a month and then I will be buying a 4.10 12 bolt rear end with a chromoly driveshaft in August.
Can't wait to get some strong 4.10s to launch!
Pieces pulled from it.
Notice the missing teeth from the pinion
Piece lodged between the differential and ring, also notice the chunks missing from the ring
Last edited by HoLLo; 07-12-2011 at 12:17 PM.
07-12-2011, 12:57 PM
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I just took mine apart last week and busted the top and bottom spider, but nothing else, my buddy broke them at a stop light before he sold me the car, drove around np but made noise in reverse, the ring and pinion on mine are low milage, 3.73s never a fun sight once you get in there.
07-12-2011, 01:01 PM
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I've seen the ring and pinion plenty of times changing fluid, but actually holding a ring gear outside of the differential. WOW they are just too damn small for these cars.
