Tips for how to drive a fat-ass truck without blowing up the tranny or rear end?
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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.
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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 ![Winky](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_wink.gif)
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![Devil](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_devil.gif)
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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
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Originally Posted by TXsilverado
yep, ill wory about it after it breaks ![Grin](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_grin.gif)
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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.
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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.
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