Rear end bye bye
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Rear end bye bye
Well I dunno if any of you might have seen this tread
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...99&forum_id=86
But a while back I broke my rear end. Today I took it out and here is what it lloks like. Messed up part is that the rear casing is the pnly part that broke on me. Bad part is that the output shaft from the tranny snapped like a twig.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...99&forum_id=86
But a while back I broke my rear end. Today I took it out and here is what it lloks like. Messed up part is that the rear casing is the pnly part that broke on me. Bad part is that the output shaft from the tranny snapped like a twig.
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All of that stuff looks familiar... I did the same thing to my car. 
Diff and trans in 5 pieces!! 
I carry that broken output shaft in the trunk of my car even now. 
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Diff and trans in 5 pieces!! I carry that broken output shaft in the trunk of my car even now. VR
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All of that stuff looks familiar... I did the same thing to my car. Diff and trans in 5 pieces!! I carry that broken output shaft in the trunk of my car even now.
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Diff and trans in 5 pieces!! I carry that broken output shaft in the trunk of my car even now. VR
Been there done that..it sure sucks!Chris
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What did you guys do to fix them. Did you send the tranny off or jsut get a new one. I am thinking I can just get a new housing for the rear end, but that is prolly wishfull thinking huh. I will prolly just send the rear end off. Sad thing is I am not running as much power as you guys. I know most of it was wheel hop but still. This does suck. Its gonna sit for a while it apears
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Not pretty pictures. Hope you get her repaired soon.
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sorry to hear about your damages....but a question for ya...can't these cars handle around 500 horsepower without having things like this happen??? parts breaking because the car is has too much power 
my goal was to have about that much by the end of next year but if damages like this frequently occur i don't think id be able to keep up with the repairs 
my goal was to have about that much by the end of next year but if damages like this frequently occur i don't think id be able to keep up with the repairs
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Originally Posted by BadMonkey
What did you guys do to fix them.
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Last edited by vetterdstr; Jul 31, 2005 at 05:19 AM.
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hmmmm your case looked worse than mine....I got lucky though no broken shaft
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My biggest problem was wheel hop and having it with teh Nitto DR's on. If I would have had street tires or ET Streets it would have been much less of an issue I think. But the wheel hop was more of the cause then the power. IMO. But then again when I break things its never jsut a little break.
