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06-19-2008, 08:01 PM
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11 second club / Moderator
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GM 8.5" 10 Bolt Goes Bye-Bye ....
Rob_WS6's 97 Tahoe decided that being able to accelerate at a certain green light wasn't necessary. He managed to get it home (wasn't far away), with the sweet sound of carnage and death pleasing his ears. Pulled the cover off to find that a lot of the ring gear ...... is on the magnet.
The bottom left carrier bolt is sheared off flush with the housing, so the cap moved free. We found it towards the front of the center section. How in the heck can the bolt shear off like that? The top-left bolt was bent also.
Close up on the ring....
Summit racing seems to not realize that there are other companies then FORD that use bolts to hold them in, since that the only carrier bolts they list on their site.
So theres a Suburban on Craigslist being parted out that hopefully has 3.73 gears in the back. If not then I guess its rebuilding time. 
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06-19-2008, 08:05 PM
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very nice!
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06-19-2008, 08:07 PM
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Wow.
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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06-19-2008, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Jersey
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OUCH!! I hope you guys can get it fixed up quick 'n easy. Good luck!
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Steve R. in North Jersey
'16 Go-Mango Dodge Charger R/T. It's so good to be back in a V8-powered, RWD car!
Former Toy - '88 Monte SS - had lots of mods...
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06-19-2008, 10:03 PM
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Nice work!
I'm sure you guys will have it back on the road soon enough....
- Justin
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2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?
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06-19-2008, 11:53 PM
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yikes man yikes. Looks almost as bad as my old toyotas rear that I blew up. That thing was missing complete teeth. And like missing 5 of the 9 pinion teeth. You could still drive it it would just go, turn turn turn SLAM where allthe missing teeth were skipping past each other.
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06-20-2008, 11:48 PM
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very nice work lol
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06-21-2008, 07:52 AM
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the bolt is probably what failed first, if the housing survived the caps are screwed, the caps and housing are line honed together so rob might be better off finding a junkyard rear for it.
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06-21-2008, 05:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JSPERFORMANCE
the bolt is probably what failed first, if the housing survived the caps are screwed, the caps and housing are line honed together so rob might be better off finding a junkyard rear for it.
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we just picked up a "new"one from a 97 suburban just now.
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06-23-2008, 08:57 AM
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3:73? 
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06-23-2008, 05:51 PM
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11 second club / Moderator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by qwikz28
3:73? |
you mean 3.73:1?
Anyways.... got it all fixed Saturday night/Sunday Morning. Much better then it was before so that rear was going out for awhile.
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2001 Trans Am WS6 •SLP Loudmouth II •UMI Suspension •12.857 @ 109.57
1996 Trans Am WS6 •Pacesetter Longtubes •Strange 12 Bolt •Spohn Suspension •11.152 @ 123.85
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