Crack in my 9" case
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Usually the result of some hard usage. Busted my 8" that way in my '65 Mustang.
Has it been making noise? If it ran long like that, the gears would be suspect and have a bad pattern in them methinks.
Goes without saying: New bearings.
Good luck with it.
Has it been making noise? If it ran long like that, the gears would be suspect and have a bad pattern in them methinks.
Goes without saying: New bearings.
Good luck with it.
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I don't know the history of the truck unfortunatly, I bought the frame to put a 65 f100 body on it. The owned towed it a few hundred miles with a tire on the drivers side that was a 33" i think, the rest are 31's. I figure that did it in.
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A break like that can't be caused by a mis-matched tire.
--dropped clutch at high rpm.
--gear or bearing or other contamination wedging between ring and pinion, breaking case.
--full low-range power against high traction or some other "locking" situation.
--"rocking" the vehicle with a bit too much enthusiasm.
Anyway, you're on the way to repair. BE SURE you replace all bearings, might as well do the axle/wheel bearings as well. AND CLEAN OUT THE HOUSING. That means from grease seal to grease seal--the tubes can hold lots of debris which can cause bearing failure in short order. Ask me how I know....
Good luck with it.
--dropped clutch at high rpm.
--gear or bearing or other contamination wedging between ring and pinion, breaking case.
--full low-range power against high traction or some other "locking" situation.
--"rocking" the vehicle with a bit too much enthusiasm.
Anyway, you're on the way to repair. BE SURE you replace all bearings, might as well do the axle/wheel bearings as well. AND CLEAN OUT THE HOUSING. That means from grease seal to grease seal--the tubes can hold lots of debris which can cause bearing failure in short order. Ask me how I know....
Good luck with it.
