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April 04, 2004

Stupid GM Gov-Lock

Well once again I'm replacing parts in a GM 10-bolt rear end. I replaced the whole rear end with one from Boyce Equipment with the added Gov-Lock from Eaton. Well it wasn't set up right from the get go and now it grenaded the spider gears and chewed the hell out of them because one of the spider gear teeth came off apparently (cheap metal) and chewed the hell out of the rest of the gears.

So I have to replace the entire internals on the carrier now to get her back up and running again. Next time I'm putting a 12 bolt or 14 bolt rear end on this truck. Bullet proof for sure then since I'm only running 32x12.50x15's on the rig. So in the future check any work on parts you have done. If I only took the time to check the tolerances on rear end when I received it I wouldn't be replacing parts again so soon. But Boyce did give me a practically new carrier with Gov-Lock to replace the one I have for mere pennies on the dollar. Guess they felt a little guilty about the bad product they gave me originally and wanted to make up for it. I give them a chance, and I'll set the rear end gears up correctly this time myself. If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself!

Posted by Jeremy at April 4, 2004 03:54 AM

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