G80 blew this morning and took the tranny w/ it.
03-17-2008, 11:17 PM
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G80 blew this morning and took the tranny w/ it.
Well, it was a matter of time and it finally happened, the G80 blew. I was driving through through the pasture, and when i started to go up the next hill, it 
. The worst part is, it took the tranny with it. Talked to the GM at the dealership and its gonna get covered under warranty, but it still sucks, no truck for a couple of weeks. I'm prolly gonna go ahead and order a Tru-Trac and some 4.10 gears. I am kinda lucky though...I knew there was a reason I held on to the stock servos and stock PCM for the truck. Oh well.
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. The worst part is, it took the tranny with it. Talked to the GM at the dealership and its gonna get covered under warranty, but it still sucks, no truck for a couple of weeks. I'm prolly gonna go ahead and order a Tru-Trac and some 4.10 gears. I am kinda lucky though...I knew there was a reason I held on to the stock servos and stock PCM for the truck. Oh well.Off rant....
03-17-2008, 11:24 PM
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I talked to the tech, he's put 7 new G80's in half tons in 2 weeks.....I guess it was kind of a blessing in disguise cause the tranny was startin to slip in the 1-2 shift. I was planning on a FLT lv5 4L65E this summer, but I might wait a little bit now.
03-22-2008, 06:07 PM
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Usualy they break when they engauge, then disengauge, and then Re engauge. That's why doing a big burnout, or excessive tire spin can kill it. If the stupid things would just stay locked I don't think they would break near as easy. I have also broke axle shafts because of there **** too. Whole wheel came off, with the broken axel still attached!
03-24-2008, 04:36 PM
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mine just went sat before last.... keeps locking and unlocking in turns and makes a terrible noise!!! what is the best way to toughen the rear bomb up? or should i just go 
ford 9' ? i've got a few lines on rears but don't really know much about the g80 other than a lot of people have problems with the stock locker.....
ford 9' ? i've got a few lines on rears but don't really know much about the g80 other than a lot of people have problems with the stock locker.....