Okay, here it goes. I got a Strange 12 bolt through a Tom Byrne groupl purchase. I asked Tom if I was getting an Eaton unit, I was told by one of the employee's, (not Tom) that I was in fact going to be getting the Eaton unit. Well, come April, my 12 bolt arrives, in a very nicely made crate. I paint it, fit it up sometime in Late April. I don't get around to driving on it until late May, I put approximately (I don't have the car here, so I don't know the exact mileage) 200 - 250 miles on it, just back and forth to a couple of club meetings. On the way back from the last club meeting, July 26, I hear something very unusual from the rearend, under decel only. Okay.. So I take it to the gear specialist here in San Diego (Pro Gear), they take it apart and tell me that I have a standard US Gear (Torquelite) differential unit, that was the first surprise. Second, he tells me that the diff came apart and one of the clutchpack clips went up and damaged the pinion gear. Okay, so very, unhappy, I call up Strange, and they basically tell me "Tough Luck. You can send us the unit to see if there was a fault in craftsmanship...", so my guy at Pro Gear ships them the pinion and differential with detailed instructions/reasons why the differential came apart. Tracy from Strange calls me and tell me that, I got on it too hard, that the Torquelite isn't meant to handle much horsepower.. Umm.. Hello?!?! I just paid $2200 for a rearend that was supposed to handle some more power than a standard 10 bolt. Being a lowly LT1, I'm only pushing 402 rwhp to the ground, I've had 10 bolts last longer than this thing did, hell even raced a few times on a 10 bolt in the current configuration and had it last a long time. So basically, I'm screwed. The thing is, I never got on it, I wanted this to last, so I was breaking it in the way that the instruction told me to.

What I want to know, is if anyone else has, or is having the same type of problem from their Strange 12 bolt. Please do let me know.

I may have to get litigious and call the BBB.. This is ridiculous to say the least.

Thanks for reading,
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Rob
1994 Firehawk#319 (slightly modified)
11.92@120.31
MODLIST
www.RobsHawk.com Currently Down.
Blown V6
2002 Trailblazer
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Welp.. Something must have worked.. Because they called me up this morning, and aside from buying the Heavy Duty differential (for actually cheaper than they sell them in Summit), they're going to cover everything else.. Ring and Pinion and Labor.. So JOY!

-R

 

Well that's good. They have a pretty good rep, hate to see them pi$$ it away.