Anyone thinking of a GM 1500 with the 3.0 Duramax?

Nice one mich800!

mich800 wrote:

twodownzero wrote:

mich800 wrote:

twodownzero wrote:

Do you know what a c clip is and how tiny it is? Your while life depends on that tiny surface.

No what's a c clip? Could they make it stronger if they used a capital C clip?

In any case I do not fear using any vehicle within its designed limitations.

Got my morning laugh!

In my decades long drag racing career, I can't remember one instance when a c-clip failed at the track. Now if you're talking a broken axle that allows the c-clip to fall out? I've seen that more times than I can remember.

twodownzero wrote:

mich800 wrote:

twodownzero wrote:


It was a Ford 8.8 in a Ford Ranger. It was not due to wear, the c clip broke and the axleshaft would have completely exited the vehicle with the brake drum, wheel, and tire, but for the existence of the caliper and brake pad that held the axleshaft in the housing.

It's not very rare and anyone who has ever been to a drag strip has probably seen it happen with far less load than any tow vehicle would have.

Having a full floating axle means that a 3 1/2" tube with a 1/2" thick steel wall, welded to a spindle and riding on bearings is supporting the weight. A semi floating axle depends completely on the axleshaft, one axle bearing, and depending on design, a tiny c clip to hold the axleshaft in the housing.

Others are free to disagree and do whatever they want, but I no longer tow with 1/2 ton trucks, and I don't think you should, either.

I do all my own work on my vehicles. I replaced the c clip and it never broke again. I can't explain to you how it broke because there was no obvious answer to that and it never broke again afterward. But I can tell you that this is NOT uncommon.

Do you tow with rubber tires? I have seen far more tire failures than axle failures.

Do you know what a c clip is and how tiny it is? Your while life depends on that tiny surface.

No what's a c clip? Could they make it stronger if they used a capital C clip?

In any case I do not fear using any vehicle within its designed limitations.

mich800 wrote:

twodownzero wrote:


It was a Ford 8.8 in a Ford Ranger. It was not due to wear, the c clip broke and the axleshaft would have completely exited the vehicle with the brake drum, wheel, and tire, but for the existence of the caliper and brake pad that held the axleshaft in the housing.

It's not very rare and anyone who has ever been to a drag strip has probably seen it happen with far less load than any tow vehicle would have.

Having a full floating axle means that a 3 1/2" tube with a 1/2" thick steel wall, welded to a spindle and riding on bearings is supporting the weight. A semi floating axle depends completely on the axleshaft, one axle bearing, and depending on design, a tiny c clip to hold the axleshaft in the housing.

Others are free to disagree and do whatever they want, but I no longer tow with 1/2 ton trucks, and I don't think you should, either.

I do all my own work on my vehicles. I replaced the c clip and it never broke again. I can't explain to you how it broke because there was no obvious answer to that and it never broke again afterward. But I can tell you that this is NOT uncommon.

Do you tow with rubber tires? I have seen far more tire failures than axle failures.

Do you know what a c clip is and how tiny it is? Your while life depends on that tiny surface.

Well hell my international pick up truck still has four rubber tires (with air in them now) and a steel boxed bed. Nobody ain’t hardly made no worthwhile improvements since then anyway. An yeah I’m still salty about them moving from chain drive just when I got the tools to fix it myself. Retired men still rule. Dam fangled air craft carriers too still miss me dam destroyer

Grit dog wrote:


Would be an easier place to get along on this forum if some of the try hards could remember back when the best pickup truck out there would get walked like a dog,

Thanks for the morning amusement. The RV forum.....promoting try hards since 1857 LOL.

blt2ski wrote:
Grit,
Have you driven a 4.3? Not a lot better mpg than a 5.3 ..... Still better.
You probably have 3.42. Other option I've seen is 3.08! Even at that with a 4.10 first in trans, you better off than my 2.48 in trans with 4.10s in pumpkins.
Marty

I have not. But one of our traffic control subs has a bunch of 4.3 Silvys. Their guys say they have plenty of power, but those trucks don't tow much more than an arrow board.
Fuel mileage is relative, most trucks I'm around are not used lightly or gently on the skinny pedal.

Grit,
Have you driven a 4.3? Not a lot better mpg than a 5.3 ..... Still better.
You probably have 3.42. Other option I've seen is 3.08! Even at that with a 4.10 first in trans, you better off than my 2.48 in trans with 4.10s in pumpkins.
Marty

^I know, right?
My current work truck is a 2016 5.3 Chevy with a tow pkg, idk what gears are in it. Prolly 3.42s, runs super low rpms at highway speeds if cruising.
I'm constantly impressed how freekin well it tows. And it's not even close to top of the 1/2 ton heap for power, gearing, transmissions.

Would be an easier place to get along on this forum if some of the try hards could remember back when the best pickup truck out there would get walked like a dog, even by the "underpowered" new baby diesels. I'm just old enough that I grew up with the anemic pos 70s-80s model vehicles where the starter motor had more hp than the engine!
I thought I died and went to heaven first time I drove a tbi 350 and 454. Now the big 1/2 ton engines are like having 2 of those under the hood and the chassis, suspension, brakes, everything is better.