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Help! blown rear end

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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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For future reference, rolling on a broken 10-bolt rear end is dangerous. If the carrier or the spider gears broke you'll lose the C-clips that hold the axle shafts in. If that happens the only thing holding the axle shafts from coming out is the disc brake calipers, and those can be damaged along with your rotors. If you have drum brakes the axle shaft with the drum, wheel, and tire all come out together. Then you're really screwed.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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thanks for the heads up! I got it to the shop fine and I did have the transfer case and transmission in neutral when it was towed. Missing 3 teeth off the pinion. I was just accelerating from a light, maybe 3/4 throttle when BAM no more go and came to a grinding halt, literally. Thought it was my input shaft in the tranny but didn't take long to figure out it was the rearend.
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