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Old 01-22-2011, 1:58pm   #1
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That can't be good.............
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That can't be good.............
Or a Christmas present or he wrecked something
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that looks painful
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Trying to get the wife's FX45 going. Haven't used it for about 6 weeks

And yes smartasses, the blinding white stuff is snow
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Old 01-22-2011, 3:38pm   #6
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Cilds play!

Pay attention to the clocking of the yokes when reassembling. They should be clocked 90 degrees to each other.

EDIT: Thanks Kimmer! That should be childs play!
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Old 01-22-2011, 5:40pm   #7
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Trying to get the wife's FX45 going. Haven't used it for about 6 weeks

And yes smartasses, the blinding white stuff is snow
What is wrong with it? That car doesn't look that old, past warranty or what?
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My garage always looks like that when I work on my cars and I end up losing tools,especially sockets.
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Old 01-22-2011, 6:11pm   #10
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Quick update before I go back to work...

Project was leaking halfshaft seals with the addition of troubleshooting a shaking issue in reverse. Pulled the rear end out, almost have it completely apart. The fluid was smoked and there are metal chunks in the bottom although the gears and bearings look to be in good shape. At this point I am hoping that it might actually be a rear clutch issue. We'll see...
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was the cross shaft still ok- sounds like the side gears were loose if the seals went out. kind of makes you think the carrier is hogged out.
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The fluid was smoked and there are metal chunks in the bottom although the gears and bearings look to be in good shape. At this point I am hoping that it might actually be a rear clutch issue. We'll see...
Sounds promising.
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was the cross shaft still ok- sounds like the side gears were loose if the seals went out. kind of makes you think the carrier is hogged out.
Everything looks to be ok in that regard except for the seals themselves. I think the shaking might have damaged them... neither one was in very good condition on the inner diameter but both of them still had a good tight fit into the carrier with no damage to the o.d. so I think (and hope the carrier is good).

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Sounds promising.
I think I might have a winner... the clutch packs on both sides are worn VERY unevenly. To tell the truth I have never seen what they should look like but every bit of common engineering knowledge I have says that these aren't right. I can't post a pic at the moment because my computer took a dump and I am on my old archaic one that doesn't have a card reader.
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Nothing like the smell of hypoid gear oil tracked inside the casa.
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Some random pics from the day... I'll do a full write up once I actually get the parts to get it back together.



Entire underside covered in rear end grease


Exhaust dripping with rear end grease... smelled fantastic as well.












Hard to see, but very uneven wear on clutches...


Best invention... EVAR!
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A mod that can turn a wrench, quick some one explain this to the CF crew.
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A mod that can turn a wrench, quick some one explain this to the CF crew.
I've been saying that for a long time. They(over there) do not offer any technical assistance or help. They are there to ban and to say "looks nice, good luck, threats and WGAF"
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Nothing like the smell of hypoid gear oil tracked inside the casa.
The last time I changed my gear oil Mz Friz walked into the garage and asked if the dog had shit in there.

Of all the wrenching I've done over the years, I've never torn into a differential. Kudos.
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Nothing like the smell of hypoid gear oil tracked inside the casa.
My whole f'n house smells like gear oil... even though we were very careful not to track it in.
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Of all the wrenching I've done over the years, I've never torn into a differential. Kudos.
That was a first for me... just like pretty much everything else. If you know how it works, you can generally figure out how to fix it.

I will say that I would like to find the engineer that designed the snap rings on the yokes and punch him in the junk.
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