Re: Re: My rear diff is shot!? OMGWTFBBQ

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Thu Oct 21 2004 - 19:52:06 EDT


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On 10/20/2004 12:23 PM, Josh Battles wrote:

| <andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| news:cl5us8$q8s$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
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|>Took the truck in this morning for the wiper motor recall and front & rear
|
| diff
|
|>fluid changes. Dealer just called back, says he has to keep the truck
|>overnight because the WHOLE REAR DIFF needs to be replaced along with the
|
| diff
|
|>bearings.
|
|
| No more elaborate than that? He didn't tell you what they found? When I
| was getting a clunking noise and vibration from the rear of the truck
while
| still under warranty, they replaced the whole axle and driveshaft.
That was
| at about 3k miles though. They told me that my driveshaft was out of
| balance and it had worn something in the diff and it was faster to just
| replace the whole axle than rebuilding it.
|
|
|>26K, this is my second diff fluid change (first was Jifee Loob), truck has
|>shown no signs of trouble - it's been IDLE for almost a month, I only
|
| started
|
|>driving it again when the e-brake cable on the Acclaim snapped.
|
|
| Do you think that JL maybe used the wrong type of fluid? If they
didn't add
| the modifier, it'll burn up the clutches and stuff....

I replied to this, I guess maybe it never got through?

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