I am not being a **** now, I just have no idea how you, making stockish power hurt the rear end of the GTO.Originally Posted by collins
You must have done some major wheel hoppy burnouts, or some **** I don't know.
The rear ends don't just fall apart for no reason. I mean damn, look at how I abuse mine.....
It has a slight whine after major track abuse in 6th gear on the highway, but the other 95% of the time it is dead quiet.
o hai Z of the Girlie.HI sara
I don't mean to stir the pot anymore, but honestly I was questioning the same thing.
Usually losing a rear end is a very hard thing to accomplish. I mean, if you put enough diff fluid and used the right kind, I don't understand how you could have messed it up. Your car isn't even that old at all, and these problems are rampant in older cars with tons of wear and tear.
Plus, don't you, personally, usually race from a roll (just going by what I read on IA)? Usually the majority of people who replace their rear end or have problems are constant, heavy launchers. I'm talking, at the drag strip every weekend, doing it over and over for hours at a time.And like some people mentioned, your gears are stock... it just seems like some pretty serious damage for some not-at-all-serious conditions.
Sounds kinda sketchy, but if this really happened in the middle of your apartment complex with no real warning, I would definitely have it checked out. The only thing I can think of, if you did replace the fluid correctly, is that the person who owned that car before you, beat on that goat like it owed him money (or like a lonely farmer looking for some lovin'!).
Either way, glad to hear you got a cheap fix that quickly! They are be a *****, cost wise, to replace.
Sounds to me like he let the wrong people touch the car previously when he had work done on it.o hai Z of the Girlie.
I don't mean to stir the pot anymore, but honestly I was questioning the same thing.
Usually losing a rear end is a very hard thing to accomplish. I mean, if you put enough diff fluid and used the right kind, I don't understand how you could have messed it up. Your car isn't even that old at all, and these problems are rampant in older cars with tons of wear and tear.
Plus, don't you, personally, usually race from a roll (just going by what I read on IA)? Usually the majority of people who replace their rear end or have problems are constant, heavy launchers. I'm talking, at the drag strip every weekend, doing it over and over for hours at a time.
Sounds kinda sketchy, but if this really happened in the middle of your apartment complex with no real warning, I would definitely have it checked out. The only thing I can think of, if you did replace the fluid correctly, is that the person who owned that car before you, beat on that goat like it owed him money (or like a lonely farmer looking for some lovin'!).
Either way, glad to hear you got a cheap fix that quickly! They are be a *****, cost wise, to replace.
Either way.... this is a perfect opportunity to upgrade so it doesn't happen in the future. If you can't even afford to pay the 600$ more it would cost to get gears, then you don't really have any business owning a $30,000 car in the first place.
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