Tips for how to drive a fat-ass truck without blowing up the tranny or rear end?
Oct 3, 2005 | 12:37 AM
#22
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From: Sun Diego
Originally Posted by James B.
I've always like the design of the Mag-Hytec covers. They don't preload, however. They use an o-ring ina reverse v-groove in the cover to seal - no gasket. That allows the cover to bolt down to the housing metal-to-metal with nothing soft in between to slide around or compress. I am not sure if the T/A cover has this too.
Oct 3, 2005 | 12:57 AM
#23
Originally Posted by moregrip
Here's the attitude I've adopted, I drive it the way I want to however much I want to all the while knowing something will need to be upgraded at some point 
I've done the easy things to strengthen my setup (shiftkit, locker, added fluid capacity) but until I actually get a "Built" tranny AND bullet proof my u-joints/driveshafts/rear end, I have to be real with myself, knowing at some point these things will go south.
but thats the name of the game
I've done the easy things to strengthen my setup (shiftkit, locker, added fluid capacity) but until I actually get a "Built" tranny AND bullet proof my u-joints/driveshafts/rear end, I have to be real with myself, knowing at some point these things will go south.
but thats the name of the game
Oct 3, 2005 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by TXsilverado
yep, ill wory about it after it breaks
Oct 3, 2005 | 01:32 AM
#25
Originally Posted by Naked AV
Problem is, if the rear goes out it can easily take a tranny with it. That's a very expensive rear end to replace, if that happens.
It's funny how things progress, I no longer have that transmission because even the fully built one eventually expired some 30k miles later. The rear end also failed almost a year ago due to crappy parts used by DriveTrain Direct to build it. The housing, gears, and Eaton posi were salvaged to build a better 10.5" 14 bolt rear end. Even the driveshaft is different now than back then.
Oct 5, 2005 | 05:28 PM
#26
ya I remember getting ready to do a burnout in my old truck (89 rclb w/ peg leg). Right as I started to stall it up, just b4 the tire started to spin 
...BOOM...clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk....Busted the third member in half and 3 days at Randy's Ring and Pinion and $1700 later, I was drifting with my new eaton posi !!! I was fun, I need to get one in my truck now cuz I can only drift going around this one corner on the freeway and about 75-80 mph when it rains. I miss hanging it out around town. 
...BOOM...clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk....Busted the third member in half and 3 days at Randy's Ring and Pinion and $1700 later, I was drifting with my new eaton posi !!! I was fun, I need to get one in my truck now cuz I can only drift going around this one corner on the freeway and about 75-80 mph when it rains. I miss hanging it out around town.
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