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Old 07-14-2011, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by teeforb
sorry bro, but i have to disagree! I have had three serpents and all three have skipped gears under hard braking. I have also read various folks with the same issue. But like i said, you can do some extra modifications (shim the pinion in the tranny) and shim the diffs and for the most part, problem solved. Also, serpent's recommendation on the plastic nuts are a joke as well!

I have put together both 2010 xray and serpent and in my opinion, the xray finish was better. However, the serpent is up to par. The bottom line is how the car drive and i say serpent all the way on all three cars!

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Its not the trans, its the instructions that need modifications. If they put those steps in the instructions we wouldn't be discussing this.
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