broke rearend
07-20-2005, 07:11 PM
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broke rearend my driveshaft and rear end blew out 2 weeks ago now gm is telling me they will not cover it they said there is rubber in the wheel wells and asphalt on rearend i never hit anything could the rearend hit the ground when it locked up and broke the driveshaft am i screwed or what can i do the car has 6500 miles on it thanks for any help
07-21-2005, 01:20 AM
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Ok I have to not believe this a bit... Their is no way BOTH the drive shaft AND rear end broke at the same time. Either one or the other... The most likely stress point to fail would be the RUBBER coupling between the drive shaft and rear end. I believe BMR was running something like a 200 shot off the line going 10's before they broke their factory rear end. They never claim to have broke the drive shaft IIRC, but they upgraded their drivetrain to hold plenty of power. (And no doubt to sell more drivetrain components.)
Their are probably a dozen people on LS1GTO running STS or Prochargers, at least a few are running 11's, at least one STS person in the 10's on a stock drivetrain.
So exactly what did you do again? As for asphalt on the rear end?? K that doesnt make sence. Their is no way the rear end would hit the ground unless the car was dropped out of an airplane or something. The differential housing is bolted to the frame from the rear and subframe from the top. That puppy isnt going anywhere.
The only way I could even imagine the differential AND drive shaft might have broke at the same time is if you were being a knucklehead and yanked the parking brake while driving in gear causing the differential and driveshaft to take a massive shock load causing both to bind and break under the engines load still. Seeing as the parking brakes are uber touchy on the GTO, that would make a bit of sence, but still wouldnt make it a faulty component failure. (More like abuse, which is why I can see they wouldnt want to warrenty it.)
Either that or you have uber heavy 20's on the bitch and tried to do a burnout, instead the massive load of 65 pound wheels twisted everything into a knot.
Their are probably a dozen people on LS1GTO running STS or Prochargers, at least a few are running 11's, at least one STS person in the 10's on a stock drivetrain.
So exactly what did you do again? As for asphalt on the rear end?? K that doesnt make sence. Their is no way the rear end would hit the ground unless the car was dropped out of an airplane or something. The differential housing is bolted to the frame from the rear and subframe from the top. That puppy isnt going anywhere.
The only way I could even imagine the differential AND drive shaft might have broke at the same time is if you were being a knucklehead and yanked the parking brake while driving in gear causing the differential and driveshaft to take a massive shock load causing both to bind and break under the engines load still. Seeing as the parking brakes are uber touchy on the GTO, that would make a bit of sence, but still wouldnt make it a faulty component failure. (More like abuse, which is why I can see they wouldnt want to warrenty it.)
Either that or you have uber heavy 20's on the bitch and tried to do a burnout, instead the massive load of 65 pound wheels twisted everything into a knot.
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07-21-2005, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by sickfirehawk259
no e brake it was making a ticking sound before the big bang
Just kidding...Sounds odd. I cant see why both would suddenly fail like that. Is it an 04 or 05? IIRC the rear gears and CV axles were upgraded on 05's.
07-21-2005, 02:44 AM
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ashplat??? hmmm when i did a 3 min burnout in my dakota.. i dug like 3in holes in ashplat.. and that along with rubber was in my wells and axle prolly.
so how did u break it again? from daily driving? do u have a firehawk and gto?
so how did u break it again? from daily driving? do u have a firehawk and gto?
07-22-2005, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by sickfirehawk259
no they want to void the whole car
they just dont want to cover you, a little rubber in the tire doesn't prove anything.
07-23-2005, 01:12 AM
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i know but what can i do? there is not even a lot af rubber in the wells they said i did a 6k dump to do that. when it broke i wasnt even beating on it. he said he heard i took it to the track but i have never had it to the track yet. u can bet this it he last gm i buy i just bought a 2005 tahoe and was going to order a new work van in the fall but i might go dodge i have about ten gm car and this is how they treat me **** them 
07-23-2005, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by sickfirehawk259
no they want to void the whole car
