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Originally Posted by LotsaMiles
I have 172k on my 2013 six speed manual FRS. When you build up that many miles on the same 75 miles of road twice a day for 6 years, you get to know your car like you know your wife. Any change is perceptible.
Well, about 3k miles ago I noticed a very slight clunk when I changed gears (mostly lower gears). It's very, pronounced now and most obvious when backing out of a parking space and going into first. After discussing another issue here I thought it might be a u-joint, but at my last oil change they checked it and they were all tight.
So yesterday, I jacked up the rear end and simply spun a tire back and forth with my hands while looking at the drive train. What I have is a TON of slop in the differential. I mean the tire turns something like ten degrees (maybe more) and everything else stays still. e.g. the driveshaft does not move. This is the case regardless of which wheel I move.
I don't really know how this LDS works, but that seems like a LOT of slop for any differential and it seems to be getting worse. Oddly, it really doesn't make any more gear (whining) noise than it did at 100k.
Any thoughts from someone that can see in their mind the contents and function of this LDS?
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i think ive had that cluck/metallic click for like 80k miles. i just turn up the volume. i plan on replacing the entire rear end/axels whenever the dif actually goes boom. im at 150k miles 0 problems so far
as far as slop goes, the last tim i checked it wasnt like 10 degrees of slop but there is some there. maybe a couple degrees