question about front diff.
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question about front diff.
i finally found out my problem with my 4x4. took off the front diff. cover today and found both c clips and a bunch of teeth in the bottom of the housing. the planetary gears got all chewed up. my question is can i get just the smaller planetary gears because the ring gear is fine. is the gear assembly easy to get of the differential housing. a whole set is like $500 for everything but it looks like all i need is the smaller gears. any help would be apprecited. thanks
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Yes you can. But remember there was a reason the gears tore apart. A full rebuild kit would be best. And carefully inspect the ring and pinion. Anything you will need will be here. http://www.ringpinion.com/PartCats.a...eID=2&DiffID=5
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yeah the truck was wheeled pretty hard so that is why the gears are all torn apart. i am just lookin to get the planetary gears cheap and install them so i can use 4x4. not using truck hard though. what is the best way to get the gears out of the diff. with the cover off and all while i am in there?? should i pop out the whole assembly and allor can i leave the ring gear and get the spider gears out?? also if i leave the pinion and the shims and i just do the spider gears, i should not have to do the backlash and all it should stay thesame correct. thanks!!
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thanks for the help. so if i unbolt the axle coming out of the diff. that is connected to the cv shaft, would i be able to have enough room to slide the axle out enough to get the spider gears out or do i have to disconnect the control arms and get everthing out of the way on both sides. sorry for all the questions. fairly new to differentials and 4x4. thanks!!
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went to the junkyard today and found a diff. that had 3.90 on the ring gear. it should be the same as mine. i got the diff. housing out from under the truck. pulled the axleshafts by removing the c clips. tried for a long *** time to get the diff. out of the housing but could not get it out. do i need a diff. spreader to get it out?? also i was wondering how i get the pin out for the spider gears since it hits on the ring gear?? do i need to unbolt the the ring gear and then pull the pin and then remove the spider gears or what?? need help so i can figure this out. thanks!!
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how do i rotate the pin to the side?? it can only go up and down out of the enter housing. you can rotate it to get the c-clips out and that is about all. also how do i losen up the bearing adjusters?? are those the metal rings that have the notches along the outer edge that are inside the axle housings?? do i need a special to to loosen up the adjusters??