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thanks

ttt

the gear ratio wont make much of a difference.

the entire axle is weak, i've snapped them off before, the differential itself is usually a weak point

and the ring gear itself, only being 7.5 inches, is pretty weak

snapped what off ? how ? when ?

what ratios have you busted so far ?

more or less ratio doesn't have any bearing on strength of the parts.

ok, thats cool, but im still gonna ask;

so what breaks in these axles most commonly ?

if someone has broken one then what ratio was it ?

what broke ? and how was car driven ?

thats alll i want to know

maybe no one has ever really broken a 10 bolt and its all fable stories

thanks

axles and ring gears

ok

:P

anyone ever had one break fr no reason, IE not hotrodding, or driving like you stole it, or burning rubber, or 'hard' launching, etc., ?


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yes they break all the time, and the ratio means nothing, all the gears are the same strength.......WEAK

axles snap, ring gears break, teeth come off, bearings go, differentials snap, pinions break etc etc etc.

i have 3 broken ones in the yard here

I broke a carrier in half once...

Twisted axles and stripped teeth are the other most common things

i just want ot ask for the heck of it anyways:

anyone have a 3.42 axle break ? other than shafts or carrier ?

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wow your really not getting it.

YES they all break.....the gear ratio has nothing to do with how strong the rear end is

it doesnt matter....2.73, 2.89,3.23,3.55,3.42,3.73,4.10 etc etc etc

they all break just the same, doesnt mean anything

well since no one has any specific examples of a blown up 10 bolt third gen axle i have to say that i dont believe these axles commonly break and that they are pretty strong overall and that i have nothing to worry about

i really have never seen any 7.5 or 7.625 axle blow up

the only case that i can say i saw a failed 7.5 was under a 79 caprice i had once, it was 2.41 ratio, the axle tube housings came loose from the center housing, so the axle was bowed downwards in middle and would scrape drums on backing plates when you took turns

but had nothing to do with weakness or failure of internal parts, it was fine inside still,


i swapped another axle under it

fixed


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bwahahahhaahahha.....either your being a douche on purpose here, or you are the dumbest person that ever turned a wrench on a car.

i just gave you specific examples.....there are several people on this board that have seen the twisted splined ends that snapped off the axles in my 10 bolt.

another one i shattered the ring gear, and a guy just told you he broke a carrier in half.

what kind of specific example did you have in mind? a scanning electron micrograph of broken parts?

since you dont belive that these rear ends are junk, then i supposed everyone who switched to a 12 bolt, a 9 inch, or a 9 bolt because they snapped their 10 bolt is a moron

if you've never seen a blown up 10 bolt there are several possible explanations.

1) you don't know anything about cars

2) you haven't been around f-body's for any serious length of time

3) you've never tried to put any power through a 10 bolt

4) you're a complete idiot

Hey go easy on him, I think he's 9 years old.









And retarded.

sorry i couldnt help it, this is worse than all the "t5's are a good racing transmission" threads

lol

thanks for compliments

very appreciated

some ppl need to grow up,

really

you know who im talking about

thanks for all the great info, you guys really know what a message forum is all about and for

really..

ya its to glean information from people who know what they're talking about......which you asked for, received and then chose to ignore.

you need to grow up and learn something, you have no idea what your talking about

They break. Your chances of breaking one driving normal are low but it can happen. Same as your chances for hitting the powerball, it can happen but probably wont.

Mine has held up fine. I run 3.73's and an auburn posi. I have many 1.62-1.64 60' times on slicks launching on N2O. People tell me that they break all the time but I have yet to break mine. The car runs 6.90's in the 1/8th mile. Equivalant to about 10.80's in the 1.4 mile. Also, I have a 6speed 4th gen that I have put slicks on at the track and have dumped the clutch right off the rev limiter. I'm not saying that they won't break but I have had great luck I guess.

i snapped the splined ends of the axles off inside the carrier launching like that with a 10 bolt

girdled and all