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Well for the 3rd time since I bought the car, the rear end has broke. POS!!!!!!!!! I was just driving down the freeway, and when I got off the freeway I heard the thing making funky noises!!! So I took the diff cover off and found a pinion gear tooth stuck to the magnet. The best part is that 2 pinion gear teeth are broke off and only one was on the magnet, the other is no where to be found. So instead of buying new gears, I'm gonna have to fork out the $$ for the 12 bolt.
Not exaclty sure what brand yet, Strange or Moser, but I've been leaning towards Strange. We'll see, all I know is I'm SICK of this crap, what the hell was GM thinking putting a small a$$ 7.5in rear end in a car that can put down 340 RWHP like mine?? IDIOTS!!!!!!!
Thanks for listening, if anyone has any hookups for getting a 12 bolt cheaper than retail PLEASE let me know! Cya!
-------------------- Scott Goldsmith '99 SS #2049, Hugger Orange, M6, LG G5X3 114 Cam, Comp 921 dual springs, Titanium retainers, TR Pushrods, LS6 Intake, Borla, Pacesetter Long Tube Headers, 3" y-pipe w/ no cats & cutout, ASP Crank Pulley, FRA, McLeod Street Twin, B&M Ripper, Moser 12 bolt, 4.11's, LS1edit, KBDDSFC's, 1LE 21mm rear sway bar, GW Adj. Panhard Rod, Eibach Pro-Kit Springs, BMR STB, BMR LCA relocation brackets, Whisper Lid, Braided SS brake lines, K&N, Power Antenna, 18x9.5 & 18x10.5 Chrome Z06 wheels, !CAGS, !EGR, !AIR, 178' thermo., all SLP options.
While I totally agree with your assessment of the strength, or lack there-of, of the 10 bolt, your sig shows 4.10 gears...seems the manuf. / installer / (driver) of these holds some culpability.
We have a guy in the CICC who makes over 600Rwhp on N2O, and w/ an A4, he's still on the stock 10 bolt! Even w/ 3.73's!!
I really hope the 5th gen gets a driveline that's worthy of the engine!
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nice to hear from you again - sorry it has to be when you have trouble.
please call again -
-------------------- Hawkeye: SSOA F98-C98
1998 SS - Black All Options - Mods Whisper Lid, K & N, Lou's Short Stick, Shift Light, Skip Shift, SLP Y, Borla, 4:10's, BMR STB, SLP SFCs, Granatelli MAF, Hypertech III, 160 Stat, Mallory Billet Pedals, Metco Aluminum LCAs,Fast Toys Ram Air Mod, Spohn Panhard Bar, BMR Torque Arm, free EGR mod,power antenna, BMR LCA brackets, Gentex Temp/Compass Auto Dim Mirror, AllMaxx Strobe and Wig Wag, BAER Eradispeed rotors,PPC Headers with Random Technology Hi Flow Cats, BMR Drive shaft Loop,FAST 78MM Throttle Body, FAST 78MM Composite Intake, Mobil 1 & lots of Zaino.
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Doug - Well, the 4.10's are a little bit weaker than the 3.42's are just because the teeth are smaller (thiner), but as for the install being the culprite, that's not necessarily true. I have an M6, which puts a lot of abuse on the rear end with the huge blow of impact the rear takes when the clutch is engaged or dumped at high RPM's The A4 cars have the rear already preloaded due to the torque converter and auto tranny, so there's so where near as much impact to the rear end like a M6 car has. Unless the A4 car has a trans break (VERY similar to how a 6 speed launches) the rear won't break for a long time, really upsets us 6 speed folks
If GM doesn't fix the rear end problem with the new Camaro that's really rediculous on their part. I guess they want these cars to be cheap and break often
Hawkeye - Thanks for the reply, I wish I could be here more often, it's good to hear from you too. Maybe I will try to post more here, preferrably good news
Scott
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