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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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He guys you hear stories about wheel hop trashing the tranny.Does anybody know what/how it kills the tranny.Is it the violent shakeing that just gernades the tranny?Is the shaking just that,shaking the tranny apart?
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I have trucks of all sorts and I can tell you wheel hop destroys most of the time cause as it hops weight and torque as it comes down puts crazy pressure on drivetrain and something has to give and usually its the axles. I would say on the vettes its the same principle.
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I have trucks of all sorts and I can tell you wheel hop destroys most of the time cause as it hops weight and torque as it comes down puts crazy pressure on drivetrain and something has to give and usually its the axles. I would say on the vettes its the same principle.
Mabe, but your trucks dont have the tranny in the rear/TQ tube.
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