As most know....
Chunks fished out of diff fluid.
The King and I tore her apart.
Pinion gear was good.
Ring gear is good
Found 1 busted spider on each side. 2 busted gears.
The previous diff had some custom machining done to fit (at the time) a unique gear. A Jeep gear.
So the new gear wouldnt just drop onto the new diff. We took the new diff apart.....
........and put the new one on the lathe.
Got it all squared away and set up. Backlash is good!
All dialled in and ready to rock!
This was a catastrophe avoided due to proper maintenance. Stay on top of your rig...or under your rig...especially if you wheel hard.
Special thanks to The King for squeezing my in at the last moment and teaching me all along.
To Terry for helping me locate this diff on short notice. Its his old diff after all 😉
......and to Steevo from RuggedRocks who had my ass in a vice....could have sold me a new ARB and axel shaft, and chose to save me some coin. Always a class act that Steevo
