...and took my gears with it. Swapping in a true trac, new gears. Sad night at the track lol.

Funny thing is I wasn't even moving, I was brake stalled trying to build boost to activate meth. Nasty bang from the rear end and the driver side tire was locked.

Will get pics up soon...

 

That sucks Jake, are you putting 3.73's back in it?

 

Yep I'm sticking with 3.73.

 

Sucks to hear about the gears. I wanted to see what u would run with the new set up

 

get any runs in prior to this? sucks it happened by the way. it def was the g80 at fault and didnt just break the gears?

 

post those pics you sent me, pretty impressive

 

I should of went out there! So how did you end up getting home?

 

Ran a 13.8 before the rear end took a ****. Came out of the hole like a grandma, scared to rip up the drive shaft... Guess I had other stuff to worry about.

After tearing it apart its pretty evident it has had wear problems for some time... I heard a small clank after turning into the return road and thought it might have thrown a weigh off the shaft.

Ended up trailering the truck to a friends house. Had to winch it and the locked up rear end onto the trailer...hectic night.

I will post pics when we are finished with the diff swap.

 

Update...the carrier bearings are for an 8.5, I need the 8.6s. It was the true trac my buddy had ready to put into his rear end this weekend, so since the bearings are already pressed on I'm just going to leave them. No sense in ripping them off since I need to wait for parts anyway.

That said, I need a true trac, carrier bearings and a shim kit, and anything else recommended for the install. I know there is a sponsor on this site for differentials and whatnot, I need to buy one ASAP. I think the sponsor's name is Rick, not sure though. Anybody know for a fact who that sponsor is?

I'll post pics as soon as I can, thanks for your patience

 

Ron's Machine Service, I'll go find the thread and bump it.