Rear Differential Failure at 105K
05-29-04, 07:41 PM
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Rear Differential Failure at 105K
I started hearing a loud clunk every time I made a sharp L or R turn.
Then it got to be any time I made a turn regardless of whether it's sharp or not. Then under heavy throttle, I heard the clunking.
Since I'd installed JLab bushing, I thought it was the bushings clunking. It wasn't.
Today, it made a tremendous clunking racket as I made a turn.
Well, I think the differential just failed as the car is just making loud clunking noises in any gear including reverse. Once in a while, the gear teeth in the differential would catch and the car moves a little bit.
The funky thing was, I had a tranny failed at 68K due to the use of Redline oil (according to PFS). The differential was running RedLine GL oil also up to 68K, at which point I switched back to regular gear oil. The car was never drag raced; I did do some 4000 rpm starts.
In any case, any of the forum members out there with Diff failure at 105K?
Then it got to be any time I made a turn regardless of whether it's sharp or not. Then under heavy throttle, I heard the clunking.
Since I'd installed JLab bushing, I thought it was the bushings clunking. It wasn't.
Today, it made a tremendous clunking racket as I made a turn.
Well, I think the differential just failed as the car is just making loud clunking noises in any gear including reverse. Once in a while, the gear teeth in the differential would catch and the car moves a little bit.
The funky thing was, I had a tranny failed at 68K due to the use of Redline oil (according to PFS). The differential was running RedLine GL oil also up to 68K, at which point I switched back to regular gear oil. The car was never drag raced; I did do some 4000 rpm starts.
In any case, any of the forum members out there with Diff failure at 105K?
05-29-04, 07:59 PM
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When I drop into 1st I sometimes have a clunk that comes from the diff area. I also get a clunk on some hard slow right turns (less than 5mph) and I've had all of the bushings checked out so I may have some symptoms of slop back there.
63.5k miles on my chassis now of which 3.5k are mine so I can't say how it was driven before. I autocross it and other than that drive like the old man I am.
63.5k miles on my chassis now of which 3.5k are mine so I can't say how it was driven before. I autocross it and other than that drive like the old man I am.
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