Randy, before you go through the hassle of sending this thing anywhere,
did you check out your u-joints first? Also, you might try bringing it
to a local rebuilder to get his assessment of your diff. I think all he
did was have me grab both half shaft flanges while he attempted to
rotate the pinion flange and move it in and out to assess its condition.
John - 1976 TR6
Randy wrote:>
Getting ready for Spring,I decided it was time to investigate the
clunking in the rear end.I had the mounting brackets rebuilt last
year.My initail fear was that the welds had broken,but upon
examination,all was fine.Rotating the rear wheel I noticed significant
play before the drive shaft would rotate.The seals also leak so it
sounds like time to rebuild.I removed the unit & called TRF,turn around
time is Three months.My Bentley Manual is as intimidating as always,but
my Haynes Manual says that if some noise can be tolerated "it is quite
possible for any do-it-yourself mechanic to successfully recondition
this unit".They do stress the need for special tool part #s101.I am
tempted to do it myself for several reasons,time,self
satisfaction.Advice would be appreciated.I have even considered taking
it to a local Transmission rebuilder to see if turn around time would be
shorter,I would let them use my Bentley Manual.
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