Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
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Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
I think this picture adequately sums up my frustrations with the GM 10 bolt.
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Car: 88 IROC, 76 Malibu Classic
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
hahahahaha, yea, a picture says a thousand words. what happened, axle clips broke? personally i like the 10 bolt vs the 9 bolt.
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
Not sure yet, as I haven't pulled it apart yet. I pulled the passenger shaft and it was ok, no damage. There are three holes in the differential cover...
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Looks like it busted the axle gears and let the c clips fall out, or the cross shaft might have broke and let the c clips fall out. Did it damage the body?
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No damage to the body, thank god. My guess is the spider gears went out and allowed the C-clips to drop off the axles.
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
well at least the rest of the car is ok. I assume your dropping in a used 9 bolt? lol
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
I managed to do exactly this with my '91 RS when it was pure stock, LO3/700R-4, just normal city driving. It was the cross shaft.
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
that'll fix it. I've got my 10 bolt in my garage still waiting for my buddy. he has a pretty decent 355 a Th400 trans and a 9 bolt. One night I'll probably get a phone call: "steve, can you bring me some cardboard boxes and help me pick up whats left of my rear end?" I'm a little biased though, my dad went through 3 BW 9 bolts in 55k miles with his 84. back when that car was new.
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Well, I felt the 'pop'. Then I eased into the gas to see exactly how bad it was and then engine spooled then caught, so I figured I was missing quite a few teeth of the ring gear or the spiders. It went about a quarter mile like that and then all of a sudden it 'popped' again and I had nothing. Then it started to slow down and when I glanced in my mirrors I saw both tires and couldn't help but laugh.
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those rims could potentially be a pain in the *** to get off those axles too, lol.
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I got my car with disc brakes and a locker diff
I plan on swapping a complete LS1 rear with torsen and big brakes as soon as finances allow but I dont plan on a lot of strip time.
Breakage like this must come down to GM's less than stellar quality control during the 80's and early 90's.
I plan on swapping a complete LS1 rear with torsen and big brakes as soon as finances allow but I dont plan on a lot of strip time.
Breakage like this must come down to GM's less than stellar quality control during the 80's and early 90's.
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
mine was at about 10 mph, maybe 20 at most. I heard the bang, but felt nothing dramatic, and I was not more than half throttle. I had just pulled out of a gas station, and was rolling up to the red light not more than 100 yards away.
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When it popped the first time I was merging onto the highway (about 3/4 throttle), doing about 55-60. I took the immediate exit and when it completely let go I was doing maybe 10 mph on the off ramp.
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
Hahahaha didn't know of anybody that would make their camaro a low rider. That looks ugly but the good thing is that there aren't any other damages
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
I am begining to wonder what my 10 bolt is going to end up like after I finish the swap to a 454.
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
I've done that before. Not in a camaro but in my 83 truck. I was parked at a gas station. it was fine when i got there. But when i tryied to leave the rear tires locked up. I had no idea what happened. I was able to get it moving again and soon there after i noticed the axle shaft walking out. Had to tow it home. And once again it was the cross-shaft. broken in three pieces and cracked the carrier.
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
I guess the moral to this story is to install the aftermarket "Zytanium" one.
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
Try one of the LPW Ultimate covers. Adds allot of strength with the bearing cap studs and heavy cover. Here's a link to their site. http://www.lpwracing.com/p_capcovers.asp and here's one for their axle tube brace kits http://www.lpwracing.com/p_axletubebrace.asp
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Well, to everyone who called the cross pin, congrats. I finally got around to pulling the differential cover today, the cross pin is in two pieces. My friend has pictures, as soon as he sends them to me I will post them.
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Re: Not a big fan of the 10 Bolt
A side note, if you had disc rear brakes at least the axles would've stayed in the housings.
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