Broke My 12 Bolt

[Triaged]

I broke the spiders in the 12 bolt last night. I had to remove the pan, remove the gear teeth that broke, JBWeld the holes in the cover, fill it up with engine oil (all I had), and remove the rear driveshaft to get home. Now I have a front wheel drive blazer. When I was filling up at the gas station I noticed that I also have some negative camber in the rear???...So it lools like I bent the housing too (along with cracking the center section where the tubes go into it). I think I will be looking for a 14 bolt FF (because this axle is toast) out of a van to make it as wide as the front (I think I know where I could find a one). Than I think I will have the spiders converted into a "Lincon Locker". Now I have to find a 3/4 ton D44 or a D60 to match.

'71 Blazer CST w/ a 400sbc, 4" lift, 36" Supper Swampers, and alot of rust
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[Roostr84]

Man that sucks. Howd you manage to break it all up?

Chris =)
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[Triaged]

When I broke the spiders it did not show up till after the hill climb that most likely took them out. I went about 1/4 mi and heard a funny noise. When I stoped someone said "your rear axle is leaking oil bad". I guess the ring gear had sent the pieces of the spiders into the cover to make the hole. The housing being all messed up just came from all the abuse I have given the truck over the past few months (I just got the truck in Feb.).

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[Ryan B.]

Ah, yes. Man do I know the feeling.
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When I bought my truck, the very next month I bought a locker and installed it. Then the ring &amp; pinion broke about 10 months later, and then again about another year later...
It seems like with 35's I'm eating a Ring &amp; pinion a year on my 12 bolt- and thats beating it pretty good at Pismo 4 times a year.
If I plan to keep the 12 bolt that much longer I'll invest in a TA Performance rearend girdle...Like Steve Chin has.
Eventually I'll be swaping in a 14FF and Dana60.

 

[Esteban86K5]

Damn Bro!!! sounds like you had a rough weekend. Serves you right for not inviting me to go wheeling...LOL. So where did you go? Think you'll have it done within 5 weeks? Or should I expect 2 passengers? If you don't find anything in your neck of the woods, I can always look in my local bone yards for the 14. Let me know, I have to go in the near future anyways.

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[Triaged]

Sorry I didn't invite you it was kinda a spur of the moment thing. We went up to Cleghorn Rd. I broke it the second time up the hill with the elec. line tower on it. We went because my friend had just bought a 96 Toy and she wanted to wheel it.....well she put it on its side. I wish I could have seen it.
This is my last week of school so I should have the time to do it. It would be cool if you kept a eye out for the axles for me. I am looking for a 14 FF from either a 1 ton or a Van and a 3/4 ton D44 or a D60 with 4.10-4.56 gears.

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[Esteban86K5]

I'll cruise over to the bone yards one day this week and see what I find. Why the 1 ton. Is that the proper perch width for yours? Do you have a measurement of the spring perches? Sometimes those trucks are so torn apart that you can't tell if it's a 1 ton or 3/4 ton unless you measure the width of the spring perches. And I'm sorry to say but if I find a D60 with 4:10's it's mine. I'll give you the D44 though.

What gears do you have in it right now? And if you don't find a 44 to match the 14 are you still going to B-S? Or will you regear yours and upgrade it?

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[Steve_Chin]

Your axle housing might not be bent. With the spiders broken, there's no support for the side gears and they may have shifted in the carrier, allowing the negative camber.