2004 GTO : 655/598 HP/TRQ - Maggie 122 @10PSI, ETP 225 heads, SW LT's + magnaflow, 224/236/116 EDCam, Hendrix clutch, Corn juice fed and 2 bar Self-tuned. Whole lot of RAWR!
"More like the tuner slammed his face on the keyboard after opening each table." - Tom Brohanks
"I was animalwarfisted" - ironmancan
"The dealer near me has a nice truck(2006 Coloarde Xtream)" - Trekk
"I orderd a gm rip shit from them..." - EVIL_GTO
The stock bolts will be fine if you torque them and use loctite. I didn't measure the torque I put on mine (since as I recall they don't have a standard head), but it was a lot and probably more than 50 ft lbs, I did not want them coming loose again.
"The monster is here with rubber to burn,
gas to suck and six gears to turn
With merciless might it teaches a lesson
of displacement and heavy compression
Of rear tire smoke and thundering torque,
and how old muscle formulas still work
As quick as it came the monster is gone,
screaming away as if racing the dawn
And it just might win, that crippling blow
of metal and muscle known as 'GTO'. "
Use the red stuff. coat the threads, Tq to 50 ft lbs.
It doesn't look like you lost the shims so just order some new bolts.
Damn, bought the blue stuff.
If you look close enough 2 of the shims are damaged. That's fine though because the one that's really bent was the "tattle-tail". Otherwise I wouldn't have known untill more damage was done.
Lesson learned here... if something sounds unusuall check it right away.
Last edited by GerminaTOr : 11-05-2009 at 03:59 PM.
'04s had that issue. i think there was a bulletin on it and i think it said to use blue but i use red on about everything. i took care of mine with loc-tite back when i swapped out the diff
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Damn, bought the blue stuff.
If you look close enough 2 of the shims are damaged. That's fine though because the one that's really bent was the "tattle-tail". Otherwise I wouldn't have known untill more damage was done.
Lesson learned here... if something sounds unusuall check it right away.
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Mine has completely broke 3 times it feels like my transmission broke I was spraying nitrous each time take the bolts out flip the shaft around and put the bolts back in if bolts broke off in the treading welt a little metal to the end get pliars and twist it out ....
Mine has completely broke 3 times it feels like my transmission broke I was spraying nitrous each time take the bolts out flip the shaft around and put the bolts back in if bolts broke off in the treading welt a little metal to the end get pliars and twist it out ....
If you look close enough 2 of the shims are damaged. That's fine though because the one that's really bent was the "tattle-tail". Otherwise I wouldn't have known until more damage was done.
Lesson learned here... if something sounds like unusuall check it right away.
See if you can find star washers for the bolts as well, this will help keep them from loosening. I would say lock washers but you might not have enough bolt for that thick of a washer.
See if you can find star washers for the bolts as well, this will help keep them from loosening. I would say lock washers but you might not have enough bolt for that thick of a washer.
Wow, I didn't even know this was an issue. Looks like I'll be taking a peek under the car tonight.
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Old setup- current mods minus LPE, wires, UD pulley and clutch
13.15 @ 110.85 on street tires and a slipping clutch.
2.002 60 ft
Untuned with a check engine light from having no cats.
Current setup
Pacesetter headers/catless mids/LPE intake/tb bypass/160 stat/05 exhaust with SAP mufflers/drag bags/10mm plug wires/Zoom clutch/SS Clutch lines/UD pulley- still on stock tune.
Yes, I mentioned to a friend of mine right after mine fell out and his were loose on his '05.
Be prepared to pay for an entire pack of them and they're $4+ each. They come in a pack of 5 (why I don't know since there are I think, 8 bolts) and they will try and make you buy the whole pack. I got lucky and prepaid for 2 bolts cause the guy at the parts counter didn't know any better. When they came in another guy tried to make me buy the whole pack and I told him nope.
I also had them fall out again just about a week ago. The new ones had loctite on them, but it was in fact the first one that came out. I covered it in loctite this time and tightened the S#@T! out of it. They only seem to come loose right after I wheel hope REALLY bad...
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All cams look the same, so just pick one with a cool name like "Inseminator" or "Burninator" or something.
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