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Post by tom400cfi on Mar 1, 2011 11:22:35 GMT -7
Well my Brother's truck had issues a while back, as most of you probably read in the "Toyota spun bearing" thread. I busted his balls for buying a Jap-wagon and it basically crapping out at 150k while my nice Silverado, runs smoothly at 210k. I guess karma bit my azz for saying that, because yesterday, my rear pinion gear chucked a tooth. The WHOLE tooth, gone. Sitting in the bottom of the carrier when I took the rear cover off. Thing is undrivable now. I have NO IDEA how it happened! I drove it to work, and noticed a little bit of extra driveline noise. Drove homd from work and it got louder, and louder...then started "ticking" every revolution of the drive shaft (pinion), then the ticking grew into rapping....then I drove it back to work to put it on the lift and good gaud; I didn't know if I was going to make it! BY the time I pulled on to Hwy 224, it was an unbriddled BANGING, that I'm sure the cars in the around me could hear. I turned into the shop access road and BAM! Ker-chunka, ker-chunka, ker-chunka, ker-chunka, ker-chunka. That must have been when the tooth broke completely off the pinion gear, I guess. I have no idea WTF caused this. But I guess this is what I get for giving my brother grief. Now I get to put ANOTHER nuts-box GM 10 bolt in to this truck. This will be the third one.
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Post by tom400cfi on Mar 1, 2011 11:32:27 GMT -7
Here are two pics of the @#$%@%'n thing... Sweet, huh?
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Post by 500hp406 on Mar 1, 2011 13:57:54 GMT -7
Is that not a little unsual, third time is a charm.... I have owned over 15 trucks in my day, all brands, mostly dodge & Ford, and have never had a rear end problem.. Crazy...
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Post by Crossfire84 on Mar 1, 2011 20:59:55 GMT -7
Is that not a little unsual, third time is a charm.... I have owned over 15 trucks in my day, all brands, mostly dodge & Ford, and have never had a rear end problem.. Crazy... NONE OF YOUR TRUCKS HAD ANY POWER! TOM'S IS A SIMILAR ENGINE THAT POWERS THE VORFIRE. YEARS BACK, WHEN I WAS IN THE SURPLUS BUSINESS, I HAD DOZENS OF GM 8.5" 10 BOLT AXLE ASSEMBLES WE TORE THEM APART FOR THE 3.07 RING AND PINION, PLUS THE POSI-TRACTIONS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I MAY BE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN A GEAR SET FOR YOU. RACE ON!!! JIM '
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Post by 500hp406 on Mar 2, 2011 6:00:19 GMT -7
Is that not a little unsual, third time is a charm.... I have owned over 15 trucks in my day, all brands, mostly dodge & Ford, and have never had a rear end problem.. Crazy... NONE OF YOUR TRUCKS HAD ANY POWER! TOM'S IS A SIMILAR ENGINE THAT POWERS THE VORFIRE. YEARS BACK, WHEN I WAS IN THE SURPLUS BUSINESS, I HAD DOZENS OF GM 8.5" 10 BOLT AXLE ASSEMBLES WE TORE THEM APART FOR THE 3.07 RING AND PINION, PLUS THE POSI-TRACTIONS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I MAY BE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN A GEAR SET FOR YOU. RACE ON!!! JIM ' If you call 225 horsepower, power? ??
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Post by Crossfire84 on Mar 2, 2011 21:12:50 GMT -7
NONE OF YOUR TRUCKS HAD ANY POWER! TOM'S IS A SIMILAR ENGINE THAT POWERS THE VORFIRE. YEARS BACK, WHEN I WAS IN THE SURPLUS BUSINESS, I HAD DOZENS OF GM 8.5" 10 BOLT AXLE ASSEMBLES WE TORE THEM APART FOR THE 3.07 RING AND PINION, PLUS THE POSI-TRACTIONS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I MAY BE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN A GEAR SET FOR YOU. RACE ON!!! JIM ' If you call 225 horsepower, power? ?? what 225 horsepower??? your almighty Hemi? RACE ON!!!
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Post by tom400cfi on Mar 4, 2011 17:48:23 GMT -7
Hey, hey, hey! It's not hp that breaks things...its TOWAK!!!
Jim, thanks for the offer on the R&P, but I'm just going to get anotehr 3.73 junkyard dog, rear axle assy, and throw it in. I don't have time to deal w/an axle re-build....heck, I'm already in the midst of doing that on another car!
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Post by Crossfire84 on Mar 4, 2011 21:12:49 GMT -7
Hey, hey, hey! It's not hp that breaks things...its TOWAK!!! Jim, thanks for the offer on the R&P, but I'm just going to get anotehr 3.73 junkyard dog, rear axle assy, and throw it in. I don't have time to deal w/an axle re-build....heck, I'm already in the midst of doing that on another car! "TOWAK" NO PROBLEM. I FIGURED THE ODDS OF YOU NEEDING A 3.07 WERE PRETTY SLIM. RACE ON!!! JIM
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Post by tom400cfi on Mar 5, 2011 9:31:27 GMT -7
"TOWAK" RACE ON!!! JIM Yeah. You know...how we say "Torque" with a back-east (Boston) accent.
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