There’s a channel called “DemonWorks - 3.0 Duramax Diesel LM2 LZ0“ and he put out a video yesterday showing how the techs check the engine to determine if the thrust bearing is bad. He opens the inspection plate on video and moves the torque converter backwards and forwards. In the video you see it slide what appears to be a 1/4 inch or more. Great video showing how bad the problem is with the engines that have bad thrust bearings.
3.0 Duramax with bad thrust bearing video
Started by duggydo · December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM ETduggydo
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TheCarGuy
I finally caught up on this and watched. Sad for sure what is going on at GM/Toyota....and yet sales are still through the roof 😃.
slancaster5136
I have a 2023 Silverado Trail Boss with the Duramax LZO 3L. Properly maintained at the dealership. Thrust bearing went out at 32500 miles, so luckily still under warranty. I was driving down I75 and as soon as I turned onto the sharp I10 E bypass, my truck began shaking violently on acceleration. No check engine light ever came on and no limp mode. Pulled over and began hearing metal on metal sounds and the truck shut off before I could put it in park.
I had no warnings before that. Had it towed to my dealership for analysis of catastrophic engine failure due to failed thrust bearing. Engine is on the way but turbo is on backorder. Going on week 5 since incident.
My tech was pretty shocked that a 2023 went out.
Really hoping the new one lasts because I absolutely love my truck!
TheCarGuy
@slancaster that's pretty crazy. I thought all of these would be early failures according to the TSB and data, but 32,500 I would have guessed you were in the clear. Also being a 2023, that's wild because everyone thought this was isolated to the 2025+....so maybe this problem has been around longer than folks think.
slancaster5136
Yeah I thought I was safe too! I've only heard of a couple of 23's going out, but they happened well before the 10,000 mile mark. My tech sent pics of all the metal in my engine and it was quite a bit!