my girlfriends carrier bearing blew up...

Edited: 5/31/2007 8:57:03 AM by lowlow65

like i said, my gf's carrier bearing on her '05 chevy colorado extended cab blew up on the freeway the other day. it caused the driveshaft to pull out of the tranny and dropped to the ground doing 60. anybody else with colorados have this problem??? is this just normal wear and tear? any suggestions on how to fix this orcomments would really help. thanx alot

b.t.w. it is bagged on 20s'. heres a pic

cause you put too much of a load on the bearing, you didnt set it up right when you bagged it. Just go to a one piece driveshaft so you dont have to re-do your link setup. it doesnt take much to break those carrier bearings on the colorados. the one piece will solve the problems

i asked a local driveline place about a one piece and they said a aluminum one would not last over 80 mph do to how long it is. so im not sure if i should just replace the carrier bearing or wat. i just dont want this to happen again.

aluminum ones hmm they run them all the time in lwb chevys and there long

yea i know, full size chevy's have them all day long. but there must be a reason why chevy ran a two piece from the factory right? ive been told two piece can handle higher speeds alot better.

dude im not tryin to argue with u, im just stating wat ive been told. i posted this to get suggestions or comments, not to be proved wrong.

im not arguing either im with you on the idea not sure who does drive shaft for the tv horse power but if you can find them and talk to them about a one piece

Not sure but keep in mind you may need more cab clearance with the one piece driveshaft over the two piece.

just to chime in ford used aluminum driveshafts in their t-bird police interceptors cause they had problems with the steel ones snapping in high speed chases. this makes me believe that the aluminum ones are stronger but i don't really know.

the aluminum ones are stronger but moving from steel to aluminum you end up with a larger diameter shaft as well.