Spider gears are they OK?

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Feb 21, 2013 | 04:10 AM

alaskajeff

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Spider gears are they OK?

Take a look and tell me what you think? Should I be worried? The ring and pinion gears were fine. It's an 8.25 with 145K miles on it.
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Feb 21, 2013 | 09:19 AM

98DAKAZ

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No those dont look good at all how much gunk was on the magnet or was it clean if clean someone knew they were on the fix it list.

If thats a 8.25 it looks different that my 8.25

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Feb 21, 2013 | 10:09 AM

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The good part: spiders are easy to replace.

The bad part: You still have to pull the carrier from the axle (the cross pin wont clear the ring).

Feb 21, 2013 | 10:17 AM

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With those chipped up spiders I would worry about the bearings steel chips could be in the bearings or the bearings could be bad now.

A complete R/R of the rear would be advisable

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