Is my differential about done?

[LotsaMiles]

Originally Posted by Mr_Eyo

These torsen diffs behave like open diffs when up on jackstands. If you spin one wheel forward, the other will spin backwards and the driveshaft will remain motionless.

Yes, I was interpreting the movement that way. It really seemed like a lot of slop, but apparently that may be normal.










Since the noise seems to have come a bit after I had replaced the bearing, I'm going to check the torque of the shaft bolt tonight with my nice new torque wrench and see if that's the issue.

[LotsaMiles]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

There is tons of slop in the diff. I have asked about it before too. I now have an 18' diff and my car, it still has tons of slop too. I had a similar clunk a while back and it went away when I re torqued the CV axle nuts and restaked them.

Follow up:

I took your advice and used my shiny new torque wrench on that CV axle nut. The problem seems to be gone. I confess that I don't fully understand. That is, tight is tight, but if it fixed it, I'm not complaining.

Thanks for the tip!