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Problem with DTE 4.10
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Racer
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From: Calgary AB
Problem With Dte 4.10
Has anyone ever have an issue with the DTE diff?
The reason I asked is becauce Mine just blew up.
I broke in the diff as I was told to, The diff only lasted about two weeks. I never even got a chance to launch the car.
There was no wheel hop, and I didn't do any brake stands.
I was leaving a set of light and gave it a quick WOT and
KABOOOOM
Has this happened to anyone before?
The reason I asked is becauce Mine just blew up.
I broke in the diff as I was told to, The diff only lasted about two weeks. I never even got a chance to launch the car.
There was no wheel hop, and I didn't do any brake stands.
I was leaving a set of light and gave it a quick WOT and
KABOOOOM
Has this happened to anyone before?
Last edited by sux2bme; Oct 25, 2007 at 01:18 PM.
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Has anyone ever have an issue with the DTE diff?
The reason I asked is becauce Mine just blew up.
I broke in the diff as I was told to, The diff only lasted about two weeks. I never even got a chance to launch the car.
There was no wheel hop, and I didn't do any brake stands.
I was leaving a set of light and gave it a quick WOT and
KABOOOOM
Has this happened to anyone before?
The reason I asked is becauce Mine just blew up.
I broke in the diff as I was told to, The diff only lasted about two weeks. I never even got a chance to launch the car.
There was no wheel hop, and I didn't do any brake stands.
I was leaving a set of light and gave it a quick WOT and
KABOOOOM
Has this happened to anyone before?
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
ALL tuners and vendors can have a bad peice here and there. How they handle a failure is what separates the good ones from the bad ones. I am willing to bet when you call them, they will have a solution that will be acceptable to all parties.
Dont judge a vendor by a single occurance. Diffs are made using returned cores or new GM parts and both can fail. A bad GM core can be as common as a failure from a part that you dont know the history of.
The last point is that when modding a car, there are no guaranties. A modded car takes abuse and rear diff failure is often the result of normal usage so expecting to mod and never have a failure is just bad reasoning. Be it 3 years or one day, a part can fail on a modded car and it can be at no fault of the vendor especially on a 2005.
Good luck with the repair and I bet in the end, this part failure will result in a proffessionally handled experience making people want to deal with DTE.
Dont judge a vendor by a single occurance. Diffs are made using returned cores or new GM parts and both can fail. A bad GM core can be as common as a failure from a part that you dont know the history of.
The last point is that when modding a car, there are no guaranties. A modded car takes abuse and rear diff failure is often the result of normal usage so expecting to mod and never have a failure is just bad reasoning. Be it 3 years or one day, a part can fail on a modded car and it can be at no fault of the vendor especially on a 2005.
Good luck with the repair and I bet in the end, this part failure will result in a proffessionally handled experience making people want to deal with DTE.
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Man, that's a real bummer, esp in the middle of the summer months. I'll be interested to hear which part or parts actually failed. I can't speak for DTE, but my guess is that their warranty coverage is based on that. What "stage" was your 4.10 diff?
Racer
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I just put in a new carrier w / 4:10s yesterday at Westchester Corvette. The one thing I really liked was the way they build the cores and beef up the internals. (used cores)
I would say you just got a bad unit and unfortunately that happens from time to time. Over time it becomes impossible to be 100% the more product you get on the road.
It's a bummer this time of the year.
I would say you just got a bad unit and unfortunately that happens from time to time. Over time it becomes impossible to be 100% the more product you get on the road.
It's a bummer this time of the year.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'11
I apologize if this seems like a silly question, but are you sure the differential broke or could it have been a halfshaft? Have you been able to look at the unit and confirm the failure is in the differential/case?
Joe
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St. Jude Donor '08
I just put in a new carrier w / 4:10s yesterday at Westchester Corvette. The one thing I really liked was the way they build the cores and beef up the internals. (used cores)
I would say you just got a bad unit and unfortunately that happens from time to time. Over time it becomes impossible to be 100% the more product you get on the road.
It's a bummer this time of the year.
I would say you just got a bad unit and unfortunately that happens from time to time. Over time it becomes impossible to be 100% the more product you get on the road.
It's a bummer this time of the year.
Last edited by welcome2try; Jul 14, 2007 at 05:40 PM.
Racer
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ALL tuners and vendors can have a bad peice here and there. How they handle a failure is what separates the good ones from the bad ones. I am willing to bet when you call them, they will have a solution that will be acceptable to all parties.
Dont judge a vendor by a single occurance. Diffs are made using returned cores or new GM parts and both can fail. A bad GM core can be as common as a failure from a part that you dont know the history of.
The last point is that when modding a car, there are no guaranties. A modded car takes abuse and rear diff failure is often the result of normal usage so expecting to mod and never have a failure is just bad reasoning. Be it 3 years or one day, a part can fail on a modded car and it can be at no fault of the vendor especially on a 2005.
Good luck with the repair and I bet in the end, this part failure will result in a proffessionally handled experience making people want to deal with DTE.
Dont judge a vendor by a single occurance. Diffs are made using returned cores or new GM parts and both can fail. A bad GM core can be as common as a failure from a part that you dont know the history of.
The last point is that when modding a car, there are no guaranties. A modded car takes abuse and rear diff failure is often the result of normal usage so expecting to mod and never have a failure is just bad reasoning. Be it 3 years or one day, a part can fail on a modded car and it can be at no fault of the vendor especially on a 2005.
Good luck with the repair and I bet in the end, this part failure will result in a proffessionally handled experience making people want to deal with DTE.
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Racer
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From: Calgary AB
Well its coming up on 2 weeks now and my car is still in my garage.
Very disappointed, This was the most I have ever spent on the car, doing the clutch and gears. I don't think I'll even get to drive my car this summer. Just about to cry.
Very disappointed, This was the most I have ever spent on the car, doing the clutch and gears. I don't think I'll even get to drive my car this summer. Just about to cry.
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But if one does go with the new case and also addresses some of those other potential 'weak link' areas then it could make for a pretty strong Corvette rear for those adding serious power.
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We can't assist if we don't even know what's going on...
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Well, it looks like whoever did your install has dropped the ball wrt contacting DTE about this. btw, who did the install? I don't believe it's mentioned anywhere on this thread.