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430606 · 03-23-2013, 02:13 PM

My 2010 camaro ss 6m has one big thick axel on one side then the other side has a smaller one? Anyone know why

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oachalon · 03-23-2013, 02:16 PM

they do that to reduce wheel hop.

Ron66Vette&10SS · 03-23-2013, 02:19 PM

.....yup, what he said.

430606 · 03-23-2013, 05:51 PM

Ok thanks just confused me can on the driver side it is a huge axle then the passenger side its not as big

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bw26ss · 03-23-2013, 05:53 PM

wow, i didn't know this either, you learn something everyday,lol.

*DGthe3* · 03-25-2013, 08:24 PM

Yeah, basically they found that going with different diameter half-shafts eliminated a special kind of vibration harmonic. What was happening is that as the wheels started to skitter a bit, they ended up amplifying each other when the same diameter axle was used on both. But if you make one bigger, the problem goes away. They wheels still hop a bit, but they don't amplify each other. At least thats how I remember it being explained. GM started doing this on either the CTS-V or the ZR1

HDRDTD · 03-25-2013, 08:30 PM

On the ZL1, the larger one is hollow, and the smaller one is solid. Again, yo fight wheel hop.

Number 3 · 03-25-2013, 08:47 PM

This was a lesson learned on the first gen CTS-V. That car was a power hopping machine from HE!!

MikeSVX · 03-26-2013, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HDRDTD

On the ZL1, the larger one is hollow, and the smaller one is solid. Again, yo fight wheel hop.

Fight wheel hop, yo!

03-23-2013, 02:13 PM	#1
430606 Drives: 2010 camaro ss iom 6m Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: nelson Posts: 64 View My Garage	why does my 10 ss 6m have 2 diff size axles My 2010 camaro ss 6m has one big thick axel on one side then the other side has a smaller one? Anyone know why Posted from Camaro5.com App for Android

03-23-2013, 02:19 PM	#3
Ron66Vette&10SS Plays with Hot Wheels Drives: '17 Jet Black ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Derby, Kansas Posts: 849	.....yup, what he said. __________________ Previous Cars: '78 Z28, '92 Z28, '95 Z28, '85 Corvette, '01 SS, '96 Z28, '04 Z06 Corvette, '10 SS, '13 SS Hot Wheels Current Cars: '17 ZL1(daily driver), '04 Trailblazer (rain & snow), '66 Corvette (restoring)

03-25-2013, 08:24 PM	#6
DGthe3 Moderator.ca Drives: 05 Grand Am GT Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Niagara, Canada Posts: 25,366	Yeah, basically they found that going with different diameter half-shafts eliminated a special kind of vibration harmonic. What was happening is that as the wheels started to skitter a bit, they ended up amplifying each other when the same diameter axle was used on both. But if you make one bigger, the problem goes away. They wheels still hop a bit, but they don't amplify each other. At least thats how I remember it being explained. GM started doing this on either the CTS-V or the ZR1 __________________ Note, if I've gotten any facts wrong in the above, just ignore any points I made with them __________________ Originally Posted by FbodFather My sister's dentist's brother's cousin's housekeeper's dog-breeder's nephew sells coffee filters to the company that provides coffee to General Motors...... ........and HE WOULD KNOW!!!! __________________ Camaro Fest sub-forum

03-25-2013, 08:47 PM	#8
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,301 View My Garage	This was a lesson learned on the first gen CTS-V. That car was a power hopping machine from HE!! __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

03-23-2013, 02:16 PM	#2
oachalon Drives: 2010 Camaro 1SS Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mentor, Ohio Posts: 999 View My Garage	they do that to reduce wheel hop.

03-23-2013, 05:51 PM	#4
430606 Drives: 2010 camaro ss iom 6m Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: nelson Posts: 64 View My Garage	Ok thanks just confused me can on the driver side it is a huge axle then the passenger side its not as big Posted from Camaro5.com App for Android

03-23-2013, 05:53 PM	#5
bw26ss Banned Drives: ss camaro Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: usa Posts: 876	wow, i didn't know this either, you learn something everyday,lol.

03-25-2013, 08:30 PM	#7
HDRDTD Drives: 2013 Triple Black ZL1 Vert M6 ECF Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Trenton, Michigan Posts: 7,046	On the ZL1, the larger one is hollow, and the smaller one is solid. Again, yo fight wheel hop.