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Originally Posted by strat61caster
I don't think I've seen anyone break a diff on here unless they're pushing like 400+ whp. If it's broken it's not drivable right? I'm surprised your not more urgent for a solution...
At $1k+ for a quaife you're only a few hundred away from a cusco and a few hundred more to os giken. I'd say save yourself several hundred bucks ($1k?) and grab a used or junkyard diff based on what you posted or go all in. But I don't have experience with a diff on this car.
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I have other vehicles and this is a garage queen that mainly just sits. Was trying to get it prepped for the end of summer and fall NNJR schedule but now Im scratching my head about this stuff.
Laying it all on the table then since I thought this was a regular occurrence. If this indeed a failure, I'll explain what I've had on the car and what evidence I'm look at right now.
Started hearing clicking, creaking, popping and lunking noises like something was loose in the rear suspension. checked torque on every thing i do still believe I'm hearing some of it from my shocks that may need a rebuild? 17k on Feal 441's? so whats throwing me for a loop is that i might be hearing that while I'm trying to diagnose the noises coming from the dif too.
While slowing driving in reverse over bumps and backing into my driveway while turning its the worst but can hear and feel it slunk around while driving slow and turning. it's clunking creaking and just feels like somethings loose.
So I brought it to a performance oriented shop I've been to before and they change the diff fluid for motul and find what looked like my thumb stuck into a peanut butter jar worth of gunk and large cluster of metal shavings. They thought it was abnormal. it looks larger than I've ever seen shown from others with common build up and they suggest a differential rebuild based on the symptoms they were able to replicate. The car is drivable and it's not noticeable besides low speeds. But I have noticed when I push the car slaloming about the rear end just feels off like and feels inline with the the idea that its on its way out. The axels don't feel loose and no leaking around the cv joints. The shop also ruled out the axel nuts and replace them to rule that out too.