Hi Bob. I just went through the same thing, Since I had the
differential out, I took it over to John Esposito at Quantum just for
inspection. It had felt like there was a little too much freeplay and
there was dripping from all 3 seals. John said it felt pretty good, but
that he'd take a look. Several of the bearings had acid corrosion areas
which he said comes from the oil not being changed.He replaced all
bearings and seals. Also the freeplay was 3 times what it should have
been, so he adjusted that. Luckily the Ring and pinion were ok. Might
be worth having yours inspected while it's out. John Mitchell 76 TR6
Robert Fabie wrote:
>I'm replacing the trailing arm bushings, installing new springs and wheel
>hubs, brakes, u-joints and detailing, painting and powder coating as
>applicable. Since I will be removing the differential to install new mounts
>(the mounting points were reinforced by a prior owner) what do you suggest I
>do to it? It leaks about one drop a week or so. It seems to have a bit more
>"free-play" or gear lash than I'd prefer, but is that something that someone
>can adjust? I don't have the expertise to get into the gears, so let me know
>what you think I should do and what I should have done while it's sitting on
>my bench.
>
>Thanks
>Bob Fabie
>'75 TR6
|