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Rear axle questions

1K views 10 replies 6 participants last post by  whitebuffalo 
#1 ·
So I went wheeling this weekend and had a great time until sunday when i tried to climb a hill. I had gotten about 75% of the way up when I heard a pop and I started to roll backwards. It got dangerous and the butthole pucker factor came into play but all is safe and sound with no major damage I think.

What had happened was my rear yoke decide to call it quits along with my U-joints. So I took off my yoke and noticed that my pinion (sp?) is really loose up inside my diff. Is that normal or should ther be a bearing holding it steady?
 
#2 ·
should not be loose, is the nut still there? the threads you see are actually part of the pinion gear itself, and a nut is used to hold the yoke, to the pinion. nut could've come loose, or the bearings are toast. either way, not good cuz damage to ring and pinion could've occured from that coming loose.
 
#4 ·
well i pulled the yoke and thats when i noticed it. the nut was off and the yoke was out.
 
#6 ·
My spider gears exploded when i dropped the clutch :D. not a big deal but i would defintely check. my ring and pinion had about a 1/32 inch of play (just a guess i dont really remember tha well).
 
#7 ·
well i popped the diff cover and checked the gears and all is good. I installed the new yoke and tightened it back down and now the only play in the pinion is the slack that is supposed to be there.
 
#10 ·
well ill find out tonight if she drives fine but in the process of installing the u-joint in my drive shaft i noticed that the holes holding the u-joint in place had started to crack and now i need a new CV joint. can anyone point me in the direction of a strong and cheap rear driveshaft?
 
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