djrueth
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From: Loudon TN
djrueth
TJ, in Nov of 2012 with 41700 miles on my stock 2006 Vette the left axle broke. Last week at 51900 the right axle broke. The car is not a daily drive nor do I smoke the tires. Axles should not brake. Your thought on axles braking
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"In honor of jpee"
An '06 has no warranty left, and you may not be the first owner---are you? If that's the case, you probably don't know how the car was treated by the prior owner (s).
Even if you did know, or you are the original owner, things break.
Should rear axles both break at 51K miles after 9+ years of life? Maybe not. But it's mechanical, it's a car part(s) not sitting on a shelf, things break eventually. Yours was just a little bit sooner. Best explanation I can think of. Hope you get it fixed.
Even if you did know, or you are the original owner, things break.
Should rear axles both break at 51K miles after 9+ years of life? Maybe not. But it's mechanical, it's a car part(s) not sitting on a shelf, things break eventually. Yours was just a little bit sooner. Best explanation I can think of. Hope you get it fixed.
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Glad you're back on the road.
