I'd shove that thing so far up Kugel's ass....... JUNK You haven't driven that car enough to get it washed let alone crack a case or break some axles. The design is dangerous without an upper control arm anyway. Put a straight axle in it and move on with your life.

I'd say definitely get something different under there. It's just not built for your intended use obviously and it's helping to ruin the experience with that car.

Sorry to hear this Greg, I was hoping they had it right his time. They worked with you and now I hope they own up to it and give you the 9" (if thats what you want) or your money to make it right. What ever I hope this ends soon .

I just rode in a 458 Ferrari the other day...IT IS A BAD ASS CAR !!!

Maybe I should just get out of the hobby and go to Europe for a few months... come home with a nice Ferrari 458 Spider...

What with all the flaming crooks -- and shoddy azz builders these days...[/QUOTE]

Man Greg, if you drank we could grab a case, sit around and write a soap opera. Yours goes way beyond, just absolute bullshiiiiit. You expect a good proven product when you pay good money but lately it amazes me the number of defected products and deception that is bleeding all over these threads. It's makes it really tough when the members on this forum are such good people and the fact I love cars. MUST GO ON....I'll stop by and shoot the bull soon.

Mike -- I think the section that cracked is polished aluminum.


BTW -- Hydrogen embrittlement really isn't a problem with chrome plating anymore. It used to be when parts were in the tank for 20 minutes or so - but modern plating techniques have the parts in the tank for a minute or so...

Even then -- baking the parts at 350* will cure that.

Doubtful these parts were treated to any baking after the chrome process... because this is "Show" stuff and none of those pussies ever get on their cars.

Kugel is a good supplier -- and I have every confidence we'll get something worked out. This isn't like dealing with Driverz...

What I'm hacked off about is the car is now a year old - and as Todd pointed out - it's barely been driven.... it's cruising season shortly... and to change out the whole rear end will require body removal - bracket changes - paint work etc.

Well see what kugel says. I think the better rear end is Dutchmen 9" IRS. Plus they're a local shop.

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IRS Housing & Alloy axle package, CV style

Product Description

Building your own Yoke or CV style independent rear end? We now sell individual “IRS” components for those that want to build their own “hybrid” independent rear end using a combination of OEM & Dutchman components. Why not build it as tough as you can using the legendary, durable, and readily available 9" Ford 3rd member gear set and Dutchman's 31 or 35 spline custom alloy stub shafts. Using our new "IRS" CV center, you can eliminate the C5 & C6 Corvette transaxle center section and build a very trick C5-6 "Hybrid" rear end. Whether you are building a Hi-Tech Street Rod, muscle car, road race car, or off road vehicle, construct your next vehicle's rear end using Dutchman custom IRS rear end components.

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We engineered the housing with extra thick cross sections for added strength and poured it out of the superior 206-T7 aluminum alloy, which is 30% stronger than the typical 356-T6 and polishes better too! The stub shafts are machined for the extra large 1350 series U-Joint (yoke-U-Joint style) or heavy duty 934 Porsche CV joint (CV style) and are CNC machined using 4340 Chromoly material. For added strength and durability, the stub axles are supported using a Timken Set 10 taper roller bearing (instead of the typical single row ball bearing our competitors use).

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9 inch Ford IRS Housing & Yoke style stub axles, side view

The Car from Hell!!!!.........................

I just shed a tear for you Greg.