I was out at Sunray looking at my rig getting the LT-1 and 4L60E wired up and a Scorpion based rig they completely rebuilt had blown the ass end out of it's 4L60E.

They said it was the only the second one they had ever seen done this way and the dude that did it had broken the first one :eek:

I was just wondering how common this was.

I have in a '96 Chev K1500, with the 5.7, and my friend has also in his '97 k2500HD with a 5.7.

Both towed a lot, but mine launched a clutch pack through end of the housing when I was just cruising at highway speed.

Hey Nolen, not sure if it actually has to do with the tranny housing, or if this is what happend to the Sunray rig, but 9 times out of 10 the front driveshaft is too long, and bottoms out on a hard hit and knocks off the tail housing or cracks it. Adam Lunn did it in his Blazer on a TH350, and a guy in a Toy with a 4.3/700r4 did it in Poteau memorial weekend when we were there. Im making sure that my front is very long travel and there is more than enough compression and extension on the shaft. It may look and work like the right length, but when your getting it on somewhere and that front end bounces hard or you drop it off a ledge :nuke: if it bottoms. Just a thought!

Ricky

Hey Ricky,

Jon D. here. I have the green TJ that was up on Frieling's land in January. Can I assume that the rigs you are talking about all had passenger side drops on their fronts?

Thanks!
Jon D.

Originally posted by Spankbomb
Hey Ricky,

Jon D. here. I have the green TJ that was up on Frieling's land in January. Can I assume that the rigs you are talking about all had passenger side drops on their fronts?

Thanks!
Jon D.

it don't matter! it can still happen.

if your talking about whats common, the question would be shackle reversal or not.