Augh man. This sucks.

[ktmoutfront]

Went to get supplies for a storage shed at church this morning. Some idiot broke into it. Driving the Blazer back from the hardware store. Sitting at a left turn light. Light turns green, I start my old man roll through the intersection. The blazer is fighting turning left. Something is obviously binding.
BAM......
Then the front of the truck moves left and it steers through the turn fine.
I pull over and look under the front end to see what is binding. Nothing. Drive on to church, straight the whole way and nothing.

Turn right onto the parking lot and it does not want to turn right.
BAM.....
Front of truck goes right and turns.??????

Make a couple of loops in the lot to the right and left.
BAM,BAM,BAM.

Doesn't do it if I coast through the corners.

Yep. Blew up the rear end.

Just what I needed, another project.

 

[frankin5]

look on the bright side, you have heat in the shop now and enough height to work on it.

 

[Bent77]

Went to get supplies for a storage shed at church this morning. Some idiot broke into it. Driving the Blazer back from the hardware store. Sitting at a left turn light. Light turns green, I start my old man roll through the intersection. The blazer is fighting turning left. Something is obviously binding.
BAM......
Then the front of the truck moves left and it steers through the turn fine.
I pull over and look under the front end to see what is binding. Nothing. Drive on to church, straight the whole way and nothing.

Turn right onto the parking lot and it does not want to turn right.
BAM.....
Front of truck goes right and turns.??????

Make a couple of loops in the lot to the right and left.
BAM,BAM,BAM.

Doesn't do it if I coast through the corners.

Yep. Blew up the rear end.

Just what I needed, another project.

Upgrade don't replace

 

[Babaganoosh]

Ouch, that does suck this is on your daily driver blazer right? How's the trans in the work truck?

 

[ktmoutfront]

Work truck is good. No issues so far.

The blazer is stock and will remain that way. I do have tons sitting in the barn. And a 14bsf out of a van.

 

[mrk5]

Good grief that stinks

 

[diesel4me]

That sucks.....

File this in the "No good deed goes unpunished" department..

 

[jekquistk5]

I have a set of ten bolts for free if you want em. Local pickup only.. lol

 

[sweetk30]

before I read the whole thing I knew it was a blown rear . . . . prob gov-loc gone bad .

 

[6872xtc]

I have a 3:42 10 bolt here that is good .
It needs a new yoke, but I have driven it and it's quiet .
You are welcome to come get it.
I don't have any open carriers out...
In case your ring and pinion are still good.

 

[76k5blazerr]

I feel your pain, went through this same crap a couple weeks ago, my factory gov-lock carrier broke at 220k miles, I opted to rebuild the rear end completely with a new open carrier.

 

[ktmoutfront]

I have a 3:42 10 bolt here that is good .
It needs a new yoke, but I have driven it and it's quiet .
You are welcome to come get it.
I don't have any open carriers out...
In case your ring and pinion are still good.

I will tear into mine next week. I may take you up on that if I can not find one locally.

 

[brans87]

sucks man! I had my share of bad luck today!

 

[Babaganoosh]

Somewhere I have a ring and pinion that is 3.73 you are more then welcomed to.

 

[Greg Ducato]

My Gov-bomb G80 did the same thing, same symptoms, split like a melon. I used it as an excuse to go with an Aurburn Electric locker.

 

[ktmoutfront]

This thing is for sale. No expensive upgrades.

 

[campfire]

This thing is for sale. No expensive upgrades.

Bummer. It just got a bunch harder to sell, eh?

 

[ktmoutfront]

Wont sell like this.

 

[ktmoutfront]

I don't want to do both.

https://cosprings.craigslist.org/pts/5849324423.html

 

[campfire]

I don't want to do both.

https://cosprings.craigslist.org/pts/5849324423.html

You're putting $500 + a bunch of time into a truck that you plan to sell for $3000? That's a sizable amount of your profit margin.