How exactly did you bust the rear end? You drifting it thru corners at WOT? There's a 1300 hp turbo truck lifting the front tires on youtube still on stock rear end and countless others which is why I don't understand some busting behind a 4.8 and others living at 3x the power levels.

 

I think it had alot to do with the previous owner not taking care of the truck. I got it at 96k and in the first month changed all fluids including the rear diff. The magnet was loaded with shavings and chips. The ring gear had 2 chipped teeth and the pinion gear had 1 small chip. The oil looked to be factory but didnt smell burnt or anything. My guess is the last owner beat it hard off road and never took care of it. I changed the oil to redline and drove it for another 2 months knowing it was going to need to be addressed soon. The night it broke I did 4 1/8th runs launching hard in 4x4. It survived all that but gave up the goose on the highway on ramp trying to go home.

Probably should have fixxed it before I went to the track but I was debating swaping to 4.56s and wanted to get a base line run first.
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To answer your question, with a word......yes!!! Girdles add capacity, and typically from price your paying for higher capacity cover you may as well get girdle and have added support and extra capacity at same time!!!

When you say LSD are you talking the factory excuse for a limited slip or a good one like an eaton or an auburn??? I have seen about every part of a factory unit fail under normal dd conditions, even mine ate a set of spider gears and a cross pin after about 100k miles after i lifted the truck and started running 35's and spending more time with mud on the truck than without.... However havent had an issue out of my eaton and still looks damn near brand new since i installed it and the richmond 4.10s in the rear about 12 years and about 120k miles..... So please enlighten us!!!

 

Ok you posted while i was typing...lol nice job!!! yeah when you seen metal and chipped teeth hard launches is asking to kill something!!!

 

Yes its the garbage factory LSD but atleast its not a G80 right? I would have installed an after market LSD and gear set after this but it was all covered under warranty thank God!

 

Your second pic the reddish tint looks like a bearing seized and over heated everything in it!!

 

Still may want to look into something a little stouter down the road, theyre gonna go back under the warranty with factory replacement! If they find out you have been racing it they may deny coverage under warranty!!

 

Dang it! you posted while I was typing

I think the red might actually be the reflection of the shirt I was wearing becaue that was 2 months before It gave up completely haha.

I knew it was going to go In fact I had an appointment to get it inspected by my local Stealer 2 weeks after it blew because I knew it was bad but wanted to see if warranty would cover it.

 

Plans next year are drive train upgrades before turbo. Had enough of working on broke stuff I prefer putting nice shiny go ffast parts on.

 

Dont we all!!! Between the go fast and the upgraded comfy parts ive done on my truck(went from split manual cloth light grey bench to heated power memory leather charcoal interior, with 07-13 style center seat) its always nice to do something because you want to rather than because you have to!!