Sweet Deal/Trashed Rearend

Within the next few days, I plan on doing a little work on my Blazer. I got 4 new rotors from AutoZone. I went to Advance Auto and bought 4 new calipers, all new pads, 2 upper ball joints, 2 lower ball joints, a new air filter, and 6 AC Delco platinum plugs. I also got the stuff to do a fluid swap for the tranny. When everything was totaled up it was lower than I had estimated... I didn't know why at the time. When I got home I was going over the receipt and figured out what happened..... they only charged me for 1 spark plug, but gave me 6. That means that I just got a new set of AC Delco plats for $1 each. :)

EDIT: This started out as a positive thread, but skip down to post # 18.

Cool! sounds like a good deal to me.

Yeah, it saved me about $30.

Ahh you lucky ass!! Send some of that good luck my way, I need a new motor!!

Within the next few days, I plan on doing a little work on my Blazer. I got 4 new rotors from AutoZone. I went to Advance Auto and bought 4 new calipers, all new pads, 2 upper ball joints, 2 lower ball joints, a new air filter, and 6 AC Delco platinum plugs. I also got the stuff to do a fluid swap for the tranny. When everything was totaled up it was lower than I had estimated... I didn't know why at the time. When I got home I was going over the receipt and figured out what happened..... they only charged me for 1 spark plug, but gave me 6. That means that I just got a new set of AC Delco plats for $1 each. :)

Umm did you say a little work? I'm tired just thinking about it all.

Blazee, You can't beat the price :lol: FREE99 :lol:

Nice, was it by chance a woman behind the counter?Reason i ask is back in november when i bought the pushrods for the V8 the woman behind the counter only rang up the one pushrod instead all 16 so i got 16 for 1.32 instead of like 25-28 bucks.

may the guilt of all Blazer owners past-and-present bear down on your soul for 5-years or 100,000 miles !!

just kidding ... enjoy the plugs !

would love to see pics or how-to of ball joint repair !



Within the next few days, I plan on doing a little work on my Blazer. I got 4 new rotors from AutoZone. I went to Advance Auto and bought 4 new calipers, all new pads, 2 upper ball joints, 2 lower ball joints, a new air filter, and 6 AC Delco platinum plugs. I also got the stuff to do a fluid swap for the tranny. When everything was totaled up it was lower than I had estimated... I didn't know why at the time. When I got home I was going over the receipt and figured out what happened..... they only charged me for 1 spark plug, but gave me 6. That means that I just got a new set of AC Delco plats for $1 each. :)

would love to see pics or how-to of ball joint repair !
I second the how-to of ball joint repair.

Third.

fourth

You have to do the how-to now because I fifth it.

Can you really fifth it though?LOL it doesnt sound as good as third or what not.

I plead the fifth on that s10blazerman.

Lol true.Then your guilty as charged.

Here here on the ball joints!!!!!!

Holy crap batman new page style love it alot

Ahh you lucky ass!! Send some of that good luck my way, I need a new motor!!

Well perhaps I'm not so lucky after all. While taking off from a red light today, something let go in my Blazer. It started making an extremely loud banging noise, and the whole thing jumps when it does it. It's definitely something in the drive train. I limped it into a gas station and had someone come pick me up. Luckily I know a guy with a roll back, he's going to go pick it up later this afternoon (free of charge) and bring it home. I suspect that the rear end took a shit, but won't know for sure until it gets home and I tear into it.


As for all the requests for the balljoint how-to.... I'll see what I can do, but as for now, that work has been put on hold.

Well perhaps I'm not so lucky after all. While taking off from a red light today, something let go in my Blazer. It started making an extremely loud banging noise, and the whole thing jumps when it does it. It's definitely something in the drive train. I limped it into a gas station and had someone come pick me up. Luckily I know a guy with a roll back, he's going to go pick it up later this afternoon (free of charge) and bring it home. I suspect that the rear end took a shit, but won't know for sure until it gets home and I tear into it.


As for all the requests for the balljoint how-to.... I'll see what I can do, but as for now, that work has been put on hold.



Ahh sounds like some of the luck I am having. I still have not figured out exactly what is wrong with mine but I know its something internal in the engine. Knocking noise, no power loss at all, just noisy as heck. Since its fairly warm here today I am going to pull off valve covers and look in there today.

Hey Blazee, I feel for ya bro, The rearend on my blazer was replaced just before the Warranty ran out at the Dealership. Cost was around $2800.00
to GM. EVERYTHING WAS NEW INCLUDING ROTORS AND PADS....
Good Luck...
ALSO AN IDEAL TIME FOR A HOW TO ON REAREND'S, JUST A THOUGHT...

Well, I tore into it this morning.... the rear end is trashed. The gears are all busted up. This sucks.

That sucks.Didnt know about this till now really sucks.

I found another rear end. It's a G80 with disc brakes just like my old one. I went and picked it up today. ($550 with a 6 month warranty) I pulled the old one and and have got the new one in. I've got to finish the brake lines and brakes. I have to install the driveshaft, but I'm going to go ahead and put in new U-joints first. After putting the new one in, I decided to call it a day, it's a pain in the ass to change on out by yourself. Took me a little over four hours to get this far. When I get a chance I take some pictures of the old one. The ring and pinion gears are shattered.

I found another rear end. It's a G80 with disc brakes just like my old one. I went and picked it up today. ($550 with a 6 month warranty) I pulled the old one and and have got the new one in. I've got to finish the brake lines and brakes. I have to install the driveshaft, but I'm going to go ahead and put in new U-joints first. After putting the new one in, I decided to call it a day, it's a pain in the ass to change on out by yourself. Took me a little over four hours to get this far. When I get a chance I take some pictures of the old one. The ring and pinion gears are shattered.


Yes, please do post some photos, would love to see it. I went through that whole deal last year in my Camaro.

Hopefully, I can post them tomorrow night. My digital camera is messed up, so I'll have to shoot a quick vid with my camcorder and extract the images.

Whatever you must do. I know the feeling i know it.

Okay here's the pictures.

These are pictures of the ring gear:

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4697/ring2ea.jpg

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6170/ring25uy.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3384/ring32bk.jpg


This is what a pinion gear is suppose to look like: :D

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2875/pinion3nr.jpg



Here's what mine looks like: :icon16: (notice the missing teeth)

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4368/pinion26bl.jpg

As i tried to put in a half hour ago prior to site going nuts thats bad bad bad

YIKES... Blazee, How the Hell did you do all that?

Wow that really does look bad. When mine went out on the camaro they didn't even look that bad and I had it hammered tires burning when it went.

Were you by chance showing some punk kid with stickers all over his rice what real American trucks can do then this lol?

It seems to be caused by a weakness in the design. They used a crushsleeve instead of solid spacers in these things. The crushsleeve will give under stress (I had it hammered) and allow the pinion to run up on the ring gear, causing a misalignment of the teeth, which basicallly then destroys them.

Tough break. Blazer owners know there's always something!

Time to go posi in there...:)

Time to go posi in there...:)
It's got it, nothing special though. It had a G80 and I replaced it with another G80. It's a 99 rear with 70,000 miles disc brakes, etc. cost me $550 and came with a 6 month warranty.