It's ok it's not like rear ends are torn into daily and we all get things mixed up from time to time.
Amazing how this has over 8,000 views already.

 

Especially now days. Besides most cars being front wheel drive it is pretty rare to have any rear differential problems now days. I haven't had a set of gears out of a rear end in years.

 

Very few people work on them and I haven't touched one in many years but the only change they made was the addition of the tone ring.

 

Stewart, do you think the people on this forum that are looking to do this work for the first time would think this statement is off handed? I've been in this business over 30 years and I didn't take it as off handed. That spacer or as you mentioned shims must be there to set the preload.

To me, that's kind of like having extra parts and saying it will be ok without them. The statement he made was wrong.

 

I can always make the offending post disappear if you want! No more evidence!

I guess it's a mater of perspective. Since you've qualified how you perceived his post, I can understand why you said what you said, now. But because of the limited knowledge I have, and what little I remember from years gone by, what Brent posted jibed with what I remembered, so my perception was that it was an off-handed comment based on Brent using the words "actually" and "probably" in his statement, and that he wasn't advocating going that route.

In my eyes, there was no intent by Brent to lead a novice down an experts path.

Stewart

 

I should just cancel my cable - there's more than enough entertainment and drama on here to keep me occupied for pennies on the dollar. Yeesh.

 

Tried to rep for the chuckle, thanks Matt.

 

Text is a little deceiving at times, I was only trying to explain something in simple terms but everybody took it wrong. Anybody knows you can't leave spacers or shims out that has ever worked on one, come on give me a little more credit ......lol

No the statement I made was right and again it was just a way of explaining something, did you see the word; "PROBABLY" ?
Do you really think after 10 years of working on them I am going to leave parts out?

 

I just wish all my 4 year old threads were this exciting!

 

Crap I didn't even realize it was that old..4 years old and 4 times the fun..

 

It's a leaky rear end thread, it has to be exciting

There is an 80's movie, a mechanic diagnose a car for a girl. He said something about rear end needs grease and lube and she went home and did it. I think it's "Revenge of the nerds or Porky's?"

 

Good point, Sean.

This thread has run its course too.

Stewart