Serviced rear diff ,04 hemi qc @ 45,000 , found the dreaded broken clutch retainer clip!
3 of 4 still in place, no damage yet ! What a poor design !

 

x2. Bummer man.

 

Is this it?

 

No
It's a w shaped clutch PAC retainer clip

 

That's the result of the clips cutting into the caps bud.
Eventually tou will need a new whole rear axle, as the other side of the caps is also cut to shreds.
Very expensive repair and a total POS from Dodge in my and many peoples opinion.
Al.

 

I have to agree with you 100% i went around to quite a few shops getting quotes around 1500-2000 just for a rebuild, it wasnt hard for them to come up with the problem i just wasnt going to pay 2000 for a rebulid though. So after 3 months of driving with that tore up rear end i found a shop thats been in service for almost 70 years and quite a good rep, and walked out with a completly new rear end for 800. I was shocked when he walked me over to my old rear end and picked that part out and handed it to me then he pointed at a whole line of tore up dodge rear ends.

 

Should have been recalled and refitted with a auburn . I sure can't afford this right now . 45,000 miles un f ing believable , the silverado sitting in my garage has 219,000 no problems

 

NHTA is catching up to them, but taking 10yrs. I had a '00 Silverado and the spider gears in the open diferntial were all wormed out and chewed up at just 71kmi. Always an issue with something...

 

Catching up to them?

 

Mine was the same with it chewing into the bearing cap.