Can't believe it!
 

When i bought my car about one year ago I noticed a semi-loud noise coming from the rear end. I paid little attention to it because one of my buddies said 10 bolts are just noisy... well I bought 4.10s recently and was in the process of disassembling the rear end when I took the carrier out and noticed that the side with the plate with the bearing on it (not sure of the proper name) was completely sheared off! I think I'm pretty lucky it lasted this long. Good thing I ordered the Ratech deluxe kit for all the bearings because they are all shot.

Seen the same thing happen in a buddys car. have no idea how long he drove it like that haha pretty crazy.

haha honestly it just sounded like a wheel bearing or something so I wasn't immediately concerned.

And also I have another question. I took the end plate and the piece that broke off with the bearing to a GM dealership and they said "thats not a stock differential". Well after doing some reading up on it, I found out that its a Torsen carrier and they only came in the 99 F-bodys. So as for my question, is there anybody who knows if I can only get the end plate? Or do I have to buy a whole carrier?

this is the 4th thread,here on ls1tech,I've seen about that end plate failure.
Torsen doesn't supply/sell replacement parts,the most common part needed is the 'paddle' as they're 'lost'.
You can obtain that end plate by picking up a used torsen carrier,they typically sell for 100-150,or a scrap torsen carrier that still has an intact end plate but is scrap due to internal gear failure.

Thanks, sorry I should have used the search :emb: but I looked on ebay and found a nice used torsen. But thanks for the response!

Never seen that one before.

The torsen differential was in all 99 up cars except ss and firehawk cars with the optional auburn posi