Cascade Crew

blue89 · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:41 am Post subject: broken rear's

Has anyone actually broken a rear end? How did it break? Posts have been low lately so I wanna hear some carnage stories. Like broken cases, shredded gears, snapped axles, and cracked carriers.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:39 am Post subject:

Broke 2 axles. Broke 2 ring and pinions. Broke the spider gear pin.

You'll have plenty of carniage stories if you hook up any.!

91RSVert · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:46 am Post subject:

Ive seen pics of stripped gears.
Ive seen a pic of a cracked case (my guess was casting flaw on it).

My guess for yours will be stripped gears.

blue89 · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject:

I broke a pinion shaft bolt and welded it to the spider gear in my last auburn. The LT1 made me do it. Made a horrible noise when a tire broke traction.... *shudder* I mushroomed all sorts of stuff trying to pound that shaft out. I might still have it somewhere too.

QwkTrip · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject:

Nothing really broke, but I had a South Side lift bar come loose on the rear of my '68 El Camino at 70 mph. Four wheel steering and only in control of two wheels. That was scary! There was a huge white cloud of tire smoke behind me on the freeway from the tire rubbing in the wheel well.

Alphius · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:53 am Post subject:

Don't know if it really counts, I didn't break my axle from too much power...

I had the help of a conveniently placed tree.

iansane · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:10 am Post subject:

'maro + tree = Crying or Very sad

*even if it is a fourthgen. Wink

izcain · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject:

Broken 3 rears the 10 bolt grenaded the first launch on sticky mickeys there was nothing salvageable but luckly the c clips didn't come loose I pulled the cover off and scrapped everything out with my hand into buckets lol. My pops had to come drive all the way to seattle from his place out on the west end to come pick me up I remember sitting with my buddy out in front of Seattle raceways for about 6 hours until the trailer came. I promised myself from that point on I would trailer the car to the track cause it was just to far to come without one.

Kage87Z · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject:

cameron7710 · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:23 am Post subject:

blue89 · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:00 am Post subject:

George, george, george of the jungle.... watch out for that tree!