02-08-2005, 06:10 PM
I had a feeling that I might have broken my rear diff on monday. The last tank I ran through the car, although running ok, didn't feel right. From a standing start on the back stretch, I noticed that the front tires spun much harder that the rear. The rear still had power, but not the kind that gave me wheelies earlier in the evening. I could only think of two things that would cause this. Loose rear wheels (not the case, I checked them right away after finishing of the tank) or a broken rear diff.
Just a few minutes ago I locked down one of the outdrive dogbones and held up the truck by the front tires and began rotating. I was able to hold the truck parallel to the floor no problem, front diff is good. Did the same again, but holding the rear tires instead. About half way to the leveling the truck out (like I did with the front diff test) the diff gave way. It couldn't even hold up to the truck's weight
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Time to head off to Al's for some parts. I'll check back a little later with some pics of my findings when I tear the diff apart.
Looks like I'm going to be upgrading the diff oil from a 5k/3k combo to the 50k/30k combo much earlier than expected.
Just a few minutes ago I locked down one of the outdrive dogbones and held up the truck by the front tires and began rotating. I was able to hold the truck parallel to the floor no problem, front diff is good. Did the same again, but holding the rear tires instead. About half way to the leveling the truck out (like I did with the front diff test) the diff gave way. It couldn't even hold up to the truck's weight
.Time to head off to Al's for some parts. I'll check back a little later with some pics of my findings when I tear the diff apart.
Looks like I'm going to be upgrading the diff oil from a 5k/3k combo to the 50k/30k combo much earlier than expected.