Hey all:
Back with more qs. Dropped the exhaust, removed the differential. Tried rotating the output shafts as well as the input--felt kinda 'notchy', like there were gears in there or something
Pulled the r and l output shafts and bearings--bearings felt good, spun nice, no funny spots.
Put them back in the casing, pulled the back of the casing off and took a peak inside: If you hold the input and one of the outputs, and try to spin the other, there's what seems to be a lot of play in the planet (?) gears--you can wiggle it quite a bit. How much is too much? I mean, there's enough slop that you can 'click' the gears while you wiggle them. This is the 'gear lash' right?
Also, those gears (except the crown and pinion) all seem to have a notch in them about 1/2 way up the tooth: Normal? Looks machined.
(EDIT TO ADD: pix on the internet imply it's normal)
And, FWIW, the oil looked like mud when I drained it--didn't see anything shiny though.
So: Is there an inspection procedure for a differential that I can perform? Or do I just get the rest of the oil out of it and send it off to be rebuilt$$$?
Edit to add: any reason that a local transmission shop *couldn't* rebuild it?
Back with more qs. Dropped the exhaust, removed the differential. Tried rotating the output shafts as well as the input--felt kinda 'notchy', like there were gears in there or something
Pulled the r and l output shafts and bearings--bearings felt good, spun nice, no funny spots.
Put them back in the casing, pulled the back of the casing off and took a peak inside: If you hold the input and one of the outputs, and try to spin the other, there's what seems to be a lot of play in the planet (?) gears--you can wiggle it quite a bit. How much is too much? I mean, there's enough slop that you can 'click' the gears while you wiggle them. This is the 'gear lash' right?
Also, those gears (except the crown and pinion) all seem to have a notch in them about 1/2 way up the tooth: Normal? Looks machined.
(EDIT TO ADD: pix on the internet imply it's normal)
And, FWIW, the oil looked like mud when I drained it--didn't see anything shiny though.
So: Is there an inspection procedure for a differential that I can perform? Or do I just get the rest of the oil out of it and send it off to be rebuilt$$$?
Edit to add: any reason that a local transmission shop *couldn't* rebuild it?
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