spider gears

[de3en16]

i thought i would share some pics of what i found when i pulled the cover on my diff. im still trying to find the thrust whashers im wondering if they where there to begin with.

 

[sweetk30]

time for a master spider kit . comes with pin/bolt/gears/washers. unless the inside of your diff is trashed.

 

[bot0611]

What was going on inside there... any debris inside there... maybe junk yard my friend... i ran around locking for a center pin once.

 

[de3en16]

Im thinking no thrust washers 35in tires and lots of throttle and a previous onwer that didnt know better. everything else looks just fine. I waiting for UPS to bring me my new gears

 

[CherryK5]

i found mine chewed up on the magnet in my 14bff. But now theyre welded so im not too worried

 

[Blue85]

So there's no chunks on the magnet or floating around? That means somebody put it together like that. How long since you last looked in there? What kind of sounds was it making?

 

[de3en16]

There's was no magnet and there was some metal chunks in there. I got the this axle and the front to match for the 3.73s out of an 87 K5 the was wrecked. I need lower gears then my 3.08s with 33in tires. As far as I can tell the last guy tore it up and had it rebuilt but as I've seen some do the guy thought the spider gears where to tight and left out the thrust washers to get them in. Ive got the diff rebuilt now I'm just cleaning in all up before I put the all back together.