2kblackgtp
09-02-2009, 11:44 PM
I was fearing doing this job since the second I knew the rear was ****ed. Long story short, 1-2 upshift screwed something up internally, bound up and clunked on left turns on throttle. figured spider gears were toast. Ordered new diff.
Limped car along until one night I opened it up for no good reason. On 1-2 upshift, when the car caught traction the car wheel hopped like crazy and it sounded liek someone dumped a bag of rocks in the rear end. Car then bound up and clunked on right turns, whether on or off throttle.
Pulled the rear cover off only to notice my new rear out of an s10 with 373's didnt have an ABS reluctor wheel on it(S10's have them on the axle). After waiting a few days to see if i could work something out with the guy I bought the diff from to trade for one that would work, I decided to just install it.
Overall, it didnt take too long taking my time. I started on it tuesday around 6, called it a night around 830 after cleaning up a bit, and continued from 5pm wednesday until around 10 with a few breaks for food, looking up torque specs and other info, lounging around to BS with friends, among other things. As long as you are careful about where you put everything and label everything correctly, it shouldnt be a bad job. After getting everything back in, I marked the ring, set up the dial gauge, and had the backlash set perfect on the first try. I had to share somewhere and reassure anyone who might be apprehensive about this job like I once was that it's not as hard as people make it out to be as long as your careful and keep the writeup on tech handy for when you feel unsure of yourself. Now for a carnage pic...apparently it wasn't just the spider gears I ****ed up:lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/thousandskysfall/diff.jpg
Limped car along until one night I opened it up for no good reason. On 1-2 upshift, when the car caught traction the car wheel hopped like crazy and it sounded liek someone dumped a bag of rocks in the rear end. Car then bound up and clunked on right turns, whether on or off throttle.
Pulled the rear cover off only to notice my new rear out of an s10 with 373's didnt have an ABS reluctor wheel on it(S10's have them on the axle). After waiting a few days to see if i could work something out with the guy I bought the diff from to trade for one that would work, I decided to just install it.
Overall, it didnt take too long taking my time. I started on it tuesday around 6, called it a night around 830 after cleaning up a bit, and continued from 5pm wednesday until around 10 with a few breaks for food, looking up torque specs and other info, lounging around to BS with friends, among other things. As long as you are careful about where you put everything and label everything correctly, it shouldnt be a bad job. After getting everything back in, I marked the ring, set up the dial gauge, and had the backlash set perfect on the first try. I had to share somewhere and reassure anyone who might be apprehensive about this job like I once was that it's not as hard as people make it out to be as long as your careful and keep the writeup on tech handy for when you feel unsure of yourself. Now for a carnage pic...apparently it wasn't just the spider gears I ****ed up:lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/thousandskysfall/diff.jpg