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haulass350 · 07-04-2009, 08:22 AM

was in a playful mood last night and dropped the hammer and either A.) snapped a cv shaft or B.) stripped the splines on the cv shaft... :( called onstar and got it towed to the local dealership. gotta go back on monday and see whats up and how long its gonna be down for, of all the stuff that could happen i guess it could have been worse, but you would think they would have made it strong enough to handle stock power

update: got my car back they replaced the whole passenger side cv shaft, the new one is about 1/2 inch bigger in diameter then the old one so i guess thats good. either way i'm happy to have my car back.

NickPic · 07-04-2009, 08:26 AM

wow dude that sucks sorry to hear

ironpeddler · 07-04-2009, 08:27 AM

Man, just over the past few days numerours people have been saying their trannies have basically been faling. WTF is going on

rayhawk · 07-04-2009, 08:29 AM

Most likely another transmission output shaft, others have had the same issue. Haven't seen any failures of the cv's or rear axles yet.

Codefive · 07-04-2009, 08:33 AM

M6 or A6?
And just curious ... could you elaborate a bit more on how & when exactly you "dropped the hammer"

kozzmo49 · 07-04-2009, 08:33 AM

how can you tell if you are experiencing the problem... or that maybe its slowly going? Im not knowledgeable on cars but everytime im back out of the driveway (on a slant) and i turn my wheel it makes some weird ass mechanical noise for about 3 seconds and goes away lol.. anyone kno what that is?

SGOS252382 · 07-04-2009, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codefive

M6 or A6?
And just curious ... could you elaborate a bit more on how & when exactly you "dropped the hammer"

My guess is he has an M6 and dropped the clutch at ? rpm.

haulass350 · 07-04-2009, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rayhawk

Most likely another transmission output shaft, others have had the same issue. Haven't seen any failures of the cv's or rear axles yet.

nope deffinatly a cv shaft, the car will halfass drive but something is broken in the passengers side cv shaft. the rim was sprayed with grease from the cv boot.

haulass350 · 07-04-2009, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codefive

M6 or A6?
And just curious ... could you elaborate a bit more on how & when exactly you "dropped the hammer"

M6 Competitive mode

haulass350 · 07-04-2009, 09:00 AM

so i'm still half asleep and put this in the wrong section lol would someone mind moving it to the Broken camaros section :P

2010SLVRBULIT · 07-04-2009, 09:15 AM

Take it this is a V8?

LDGn63 · 07-04-2009, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kozzmo49

how can you tell if you are experiencing the problem... or that maybe its slowly going? Im not knowledgeable on cars but everytime im back out of the driveway (on a slant) and i turn my wheel it makes some weird ass mechanical noise for about 3 seconds and goes away lol.. anyone kno what that is?

Mine too. Brakes pulse at the same time. ???

BackinBlackSS/RS · 07-04-2009, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ironpeddler

Man, just over the past few days numerours people have been saying their trannies have basically been faling. WTF is going on

Well, at least it doesn't sound like the tranny.

CGM2SSRS · 07-04-2009, 10:16 AM

I think now that production has been ramped up to meet the flood of orders for the last several weeks the numbers of broken cars is going to mount. Especially those that do the bolt on dance for the 30-50 extra HP. There is a known tremec weakness in the tail output shaft. There has also been a couple others with the same break as this one. Really unacceptable to me that they just continue to release these cars at hyper speed with unresolved issues. Sorry to hear your story.
Thanks for the info. Let us know how it goes and what they find.

07-04-2009, 08:22 AM	#1
haulass350 Drives: 97 silverado Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 138	watch those launches.... was in a playful mood last night and dropped the hammer and either A.) snapped a cv shaft or B.) stripped the splines on the cv shaft... :( called onstar and got it towed to the local dealership. gotta go back on monday and see whats up and how long its gonna be down for, of all the stuff that could happen i guess it could have been worse, but you would think they would have made it strong enough to handle stock power update: got my car back they replaced the whole passenger side cv shaft, the new one is about 1/2 inch bigger in diameter then the old one so i guess thats good. either way i'm happy to have my car back. Last edited by haulass350; 07-08-2009 at 03:06 PM.

07-04-2009, 08:26 AM	#2
NickPic Drives: 2006 GMC Sierra 1500HD Join Date: May 2009 Location: ROckland, NY Posts: 161	wow dude that sucks sorry to hear __________________ 06 gmc sierra 1500HD: w/ 6.0, K&N CAI, air raid TBS, pacesetter ceramic coated LT headers, magnaflow X-pipe, SLP loudmouth I resonators, gibson 4' tips, blackbear custom tune, 20 inch rims, bfg 33" tires, 2-10" mtx subs, 2000 watt audiobahn amp, 10 farad tsunami cap, HID's, air horns etc...... http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3103872 slp tuned diablo programmer for sale. pm me for info. 06 pontiac G6 GT: bone stock except hid's

07-04-2009, 08:29 AM	#4
rayhawk Drives: Camaro SS Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 1,060 View My Garage	Most likely another transmission output shaft, others have had the same issue. Haven't seen any failures of the cv's or rear axles yet. __________________

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07-04-2009, 10:16 AM	#14
CGM2SSRS susp.ban4life! Drives: Raptor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Notinsuspensionthread Posts: 943	I think now that production has been ramped up to meet the flood of orders for the last several weeks the numbers of broken cars is going to mount. Especially those that do the bolt on dance for the 30-50 extra HP. There is a known tremec weakness in the tail output shaft. There has also been a couple others with the same break as this one. Really unacceptable to me that they just continue to release these cars at hyper speed with unresolved issues. Sorry to hear your story. Thanks for the info. Let us know how it goes and what they find.