Taking apart stock rear end... need some help
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Taking apart stock rear end... need some help
I had a loud knocking noise coming from my rear when i took turns in a parking lot... then i started hearing it all the time when i took corners. So then i knew something was up. I went to GM and got the posi additive, and I went to the ZONE and got some diff fluid. I then went home and took the diff cover off, and there was plenty of metal on the magnet, and i also found this in the metal pile...
sweet. so I check the gears... ring and pinion are obviously fine, the axle gears are a little beat... then I look up at the spider gears, and BLAM. teeth missing. lol. sweeet. Time to take apart the rear.
So I got the axles out, and I took off the carrier saddles or whatever you want to call them... and I cant seem to get the carrier out. Do i just spin the driveshaft and the carrier will pop out? or do i have to take the pinion out, or is there something im missing? Thanks for the help!
also, I counted the splines on my axle, and i counted 28... so is this the right gear setup, or did I count wrong? lol.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
sweet. so I check the gears... ring and pinion are obviously fine, the axle gears are a little beat... then I look up at the spider gears, and BLAM. teeth missing. lol. sweeet. Time to take apart the rear.
So I got the axles out, and I took off the carrier saddles or whatever you want to call them... and I cant seem to get the carrier out. Do i just spin the driveshaft and the carrier will pop out? or do i have to take the pinion out, or is there something im missing? Thanks for the help!
also, I counted the splines on my axle, and i counted 28... so is this the right gear setup, or did I count wrong? lol.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
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haha. i was thinking about taking a belt and tying it around, then using a slide hammer or something. Also, will my panhard bar be in the way? or will there be room with ti in
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open diff is wrong, but are you buying gears or a carrier? Open = not posi, but gears don't matter for that. At least not last time I checked. 2 and 3 series are different, but since you have an M6, you have a 3 series.
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im just buying the spider gears... i just need to make sure im buying the right set. or should I just get them from GM? I get a discount because I work for my uncle, so i get his price
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Well I assume yours looks like this?
http://tacreationsusa.com/images/Rears/dsc02597.jpg
I assume that even open-diff is the same spider gears.
This is what my new posi looks like (99-02 rears), so I have no spider gears so to speak (I'm sure they call something in there "spider gear" heh, pretty sure those vert ones are worm gears)
http://tacreationsusa.com/images/Gauges/dsc02809.jpg
If you call Summit, they are a pretty decent help to get what you need.
http://tacreationsusa.com/images/Rears/dsc02597.jpg
I assume that even open-diff is the same spider gears.
This is what my new posi looks like (99-02 rears), so I have no spider gears so to speak (I'm sure they call something in there "spider gear" heh, pretty sure those vert ones are worm gears)
http://tacreationsusa.com/images/Gauges/dsc02809.jpg
If you call Summit, they are a pretty decent help to get what you need.
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got the parts ordered from summit, will be in tomorrow i have to get carrier bearings too... they got some debris in them and gouged some of the bearings...