except mine was right rear caliper
Just for fun...The worst sounds.........
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Le Mans Master
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From: Austin Texas
Just for fun...The worst sounds.........
Let's discuss the worse sounds your Vette made that caused it to stop...
OK then..I'll go first.....BANG...SCRAPE.... I had a rear leaf spring end bolt brake...lol
OK then..I'll go first.....BANG...SCRAPE.... I had a rear leaf spring end bolt brake...lol
Race Director
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From: Forked River NJ
Crunch, grind, thump. Broke the ring gear off the carrier and everything came to a halt. I was picking up my ticket after a 1/4 mile pass. It totally let go pulling away from the booth. Fortunatly not at 100+ mph.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Austin Texas
We had a matching mumbers 69 350-350 come in on a flat-bed.
A hole thru the pan. I asked him (an 18 year old kid) if he heard any noise before it blew. He sais no. He had a 2,000 watt stereo!
A hole thru the pan. I asked him (an 18 year old kid) if he heard any noise before it blew. He sais no. He had a 2,000 watt stereo!
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Le Mans Master
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From: detroit area
sort of like a grrrrrrt,grrrrrrt ,grrrrrrrrt....... did this when ever i would go up or down an incline.... come to find out it was the rear bumper stop support on the t-arm that was hella bent down and when ever my half shafts was change angles, they would hit the support plate......
and then last week when i took the vette out of the first time in 2 years, i heard a kert, kert, kert.... it was my fan hitting my shroud due to a blown out mouter mount...
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and then last week when i took the vette out of the first time in 2 years, i heard a kert, kert, kert.... it was my fan hitting my shroud due to a blown out mouter mount...
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Melting Slicks
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From: Madison Ms
vrrmmmmm.....thump, thump, (harder) thump...........squeeelllllllllllll..... .....BOOOOOMMMMMMM.........CLANK, CLANK, CLANK............DAYUM!
Translation: accel. stuck, I'm beating the pedal with my foot, got on the brake very hard and was burning rubber trying to hold it, car backfired, then 1/2 shaft tore apart at left rear, me cussing........
Translation: accel. stuck, I'm beating the pedal with my foot, got on the brake very hard and was burning rubber trying to hold it, car backfired, then 1/2 shaft tore apart at left rear, me cussing........
Melting Slicks
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From: Carmichael CA
Varoooom! Screeeeech! Varoooom! POP!!!
Peeled out of driveway in reverse...threw it in second and popped the clutch. Tranny was still in reverse due to the muncie design which keeps the reverse gear engaged if you're moving backwards even if you have shifted into another gear.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Thunk! Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.
Did the stupid thing of going WOT on wet pavement...clutch packs just kept banging back and forth trying to get some traction until the clutch hub shattered. I looked back and couldn't see any parts on the road, but from the sound I expected my entire rear end to be in pieces spread out along the road.
Peeled out of driveway in reverse...threw it in second and popped the clutch. Tranny was still in reverse due to the muncie design which keeps the reverse gear engaged if you're moving backwards even if you have shifted into another gear.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Thunk! Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.
Did the stupid thing of going WOT on wet pavement...clutch packs just kept banging back and forth trying to get some traction until the clutch hub shattered. I looked back and couldn't see any parts on the road, but from the sound I expected my entire rear end to be in pieces spread out along the road.
Le Mans Master
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Originally Posted by MsVetteMan
vrrmmmmm.....thump, thump, (harder) thump...........squeeelllllllllllll..... .....BOOOOOMMMMMMM.........CLANK, CLANK, CLANK............DAYUM!
Translation: accel. stuck, I'm beating the pedal with my foot, got on the brake very hard and was burning rubber trying to hold it, car backfired, then 1/2 shaft tore apart at left rear, me cussing........
Translation: accel. stuck, I'm beating the pedal with my foot, got on the brake very hard and was burning rubber trying to hold it, car backfired, then 1/2 shaft tore apart at left rear, me cussing........
turn of ignition next time., might diesel
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Thank goodness I haven't had anything as bad as some of these...I don't know which to call my worst though:
1) vr-vr-oo-m--vro--m-glug-glug--kk--v-ro--glug-glug-glug *engine dies*
My old Quadrajet needed a rebuild BADLY, had bad hesitation from a stuck float and the car finally died on the highway...
2) CLUNK!
After getting into my car and closing the door one night, the pin that holds the actuating rod from the outside door latch to the actual latch mechanism broke through - rod fell to the bottom of the door.
3) psssssssssssssssssssssss
Flat tire
Something punctured it pulling into my garage the same night #2 occured!
4) thop-thop-thop-thop-thop
Second time driving on my full-size spare after #3, the tire popped off the wheel lip and made this rather unpleasant sound as it flopped around...
1) vr-vr-oo-m--vro--m-glug-glug--kk--v-ro--glug-glug-glug *engine dies*
My old Quadrajet needed a rebuild BADLY, had bad hesitation from a stuck float and the car finally died on the highway...
2) CLUNK!
After getting into my car and closing the door one night, the pin that holds the actuating rod from the outside door latch to the actual latch mechanism broke through - rod fell to the bottom of the door.
3) psssssssssssssssssssssss
Flat tire
Something punctured it pulling into my garage the same night #2 occured!4) thop-thop-thop-thop-thop
Second time driving on my full-size spare after #3, the tire popped off the wheel lip and made this rather unpleasant sound as it flopped around...
Last edited by 72Tornado; Jul 18, 2005 at 04:48 PM.
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Burlington WI
Momentary silence
1=Bang
8=Bang
4=Bang
3=Bang
6=Bang
5=Bang
7=Nothing
2=Bang
It's amazing what a flat cam lobe does, or actually doesnt do.
I must admit it did make the care shake in a sort of sickening way.
8=Bang
4=Bang
3=Bang
6=Bang
5=Bang
7=Nothing
2=Bang
It's amazing what a flat cam lobe does, or actually doesnt do.
I must admit it did make the care shake in a sort of sickening way.
Melting Slicks
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From: Moon Twp. PA USA
BANG. The sound of a ring gear bolt being locked solid between the ring gear and pinion gear.
My rear end rebuilder said the lazy, drug addled @#&! on the assembly line, during the late '70s, never put Locktite on the bolts, as required. He has seen a lot of these.
BTW, one of the loose bolts put a hole, in the cast iron cover, like it was shot with a .223 AP round.
My rear end rebuilder said the lazy, drug addled @#&! on the assembly line, during the late '70s, never put Locktite on the bolts, as required. He has seen a lot of these.
BTW, one of the loose bolts put a hole, in the cast iron cover, like it was shot with a .223 AP round.
Last edited by glen242; Jul 18, 2005 at 10:33 PM.
Instructor
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From: Norco / Lincoln CA / NE
Originally Posted by big_G
Let's discuss the worse sounds your Vette made that caused it to stop...
OK then..I'll go first.....BANG...SCRAPE.... I had a rear leaf spring end bolt brake...lol
OK then..I'll go first.....BANG...SCRAPE.... I had a rear leaf spring end bolt brake...lol
yep i know the feeling
and the assfolt in front of my house is still scared from that day
every time i see that huge scrape in the ground i get chills