blown rear

[MA87K5]

I blew the rear in my k5 last thursday with my 9 month old daughter in the truck. I was turning onto a street. No one was hurt. She slept through the whole thing. Luckly I still had the rear and front from my dads old truck he gave me. But when I was setting the stands up I squashed my pinky at the tip. Big ouch. Put me out of commishion for about 2 hours. Still needed to swap rears. Anyways, I swapped the rears. I took a look at the blown rear and found a whole bunch of teeth. Along with the teeth was a broken end cap bolt. Which is what I think caused the breakage. When I put the rear together the pattern on the gears on both drive and cruise was perfect. In the end everything worked out. Just glad only the rear broke.

 

[Sandman]

Well, good to hear you didnt lose a tire. That happened to me once. Not fun.

 

[k20]

just something to make sure of, be sure gear ratios are same in your front and rear end, or dont put it in 4wd.

 

[MA87K5]

I am aware of the gear differences, the front is going in this weekend if it dosn't rain. Thanks anyway.

 

[mtn. burb]

Sorry to hear about that. Last month the rear end in my company 01 Silverado 2WD grenaded. The spider gears sheared on the left side. Not cool. /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif 3 years old and 128,000 mostly LA freeway miles. Actually, many things on this pick up have gone kaput. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif Wish I could call up the 1967 Chevy pickup factory and order one of those. /forums/images/graemlins/thinking.gif

 

[MA87K5]

The breakage came from a broken carrier bearing bolt. Would the dents and scrapes in the carrier make the carrier useless? There is no cracks or break throughs.

 

[MA87K5]

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[MA87K5]

Any help?

 

[TruckNutzDude]

I think the carrier is okay to use. But I'm still urging you to upgrade /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif I know where there's a set of 3/4 tons with 3.73's and a rear detroit for $450 if you're interested.

 

[MA87K5]

Thanks, but when I do upgrade it will be at least 4.10. Also, I think I might stay with the 10 bolt. I only have a daily driver. I would like to go offroading more but the places are few and far between.