Rear Differential Noise and Smoke
#31
That's the route that I would go if it were me. There is a possibility that you may get a bad one though. I picked one up a couple of years ago on craigslist for the nephew for $250.00 and so far for over 50,000 miles its been a good one.
#32
If I just take the two bolts off on the driver's side and remove that outer piece - can I see the bearing at all - to look for obvious damage? This isn't a pic of my truck but I'm talking about just these two bolts?
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#36
Wondering now if that smoke was coming out of the vent tube - which is right behind the driver's wheel and not actually the wheel smoking. It was definitely hot though and the passenger side was not.
Where my logic falls down is that if the hub got to 300+ then I can only imagine how hot the inside of the differential got and I'm just not finding obvious sources or damage for that kind of heat.
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#38
I am, not that much work to drain it again and pull the cap. Nothing's gonna fall out on my head is it?
#39
#40
Any good Automotive shop can rebuild your diff. I wouldn't take it to Ford unless you have too much money. Haha. I'm pretty sure master rebuilt kit for a sterling 10.5 is like $200 ish. Not that big of a job. Lots of time they can just replace the bearings and don't have to set up the gears again. Good luck.
#41
10 or so years ago when I was still dumb 20 something year old kid and kind of a novice at the mechanic stuff I replaced all of the differential bearings in my Mustangs 8.8 after running low on oil and burning up the old ones. I just put new bearings in with the stock shims on the carrier and did the same with the Pinion with a new crush sleave and tightened to the correct inch pound drag but didn't measure anything on the gears and for some reason I got lucky and it worked, no gear noise yet and haven't seen a bit of metal on the magnet.
#42
It's just four bolts and make sure you keep everything seperated left and right to install same as they came out.
The caps may already be marked for L&R and up & down...
Temps are leading you to a side but won't hurt to grab the pinion and check that for play.
Just to rule out the marks on carrier being fresh
#43
With everything you've done already pulling the carrier will not be above your skill level.
It's just four bolts and make sure you keep everything seperated left and right to install same as they came out.
The caps may already be marked for L&R and up & down...
Temps are leading you to a side but won't hurt to grab the pinion and check that for play.
Just to rule out the marks on carrier being fresh
It's just four bolts and make sure you keep everything seperated left and right to install same as they came out.
The caps may already be marked for L&R and up & down...
Temps are leading you to a side but won't hurt to grab the pinion and check that for play.
Just to rule out the marks on carrier being fresh
It's not above your skill level at all, Christina.
#44
Ok Dave and all for your listening and viewing pleasure.
Gear spinning with no stubs - drive shaft down - friend of mine spinning pinion flange.
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Another video near pinion - because it was clunking - but not sure if that's a normal amount of slack I'm hearing?
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And several photos of the driver's side with the carrier bearing cap removed and of the inside of the cap itself.
Gear spinning with no stubs - drive shaft down - friend of mine spinning pinion flange.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IrjRo41d4xc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Another video near pinion - because it was clunking - but not sure if that's a normal amount of slack I'm hearing?
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GwGsxV8wbvQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
And several photos of the driver's side with the carrier bearing cap removed and of the inside of the cap itself.