Hi all,
I replaced the four thrust washers in my B's diff last night, which
wasn't a particularly hard job. Toughest part was getting the one pinion gear
to stay in place as you tried to replace the other one directly opposite it.
Anyway, I replaced them all, put the diff back together, replaced
one of the half-shafts and tried turning various parts. When I turn the
diff from the driveshaft input at the front, everything turns just fine,
including the half-shaft. When I turn the end of the half-shaft, it turns
fine and doesn't turn the driveshaft input but makes a slight
click,click,click sound as it turns. Is this normal, or have I screwed
something up? There currently isn't any oil in the diff. If I put oil in,
will the sound go away? I would assume I screwed something up, except there
were so few parts involved, I don't quite see what I could have done wrong.
On a related note, why is it that I can't find any 90 weight gear
oil anywhere in large quantities? It's always in tiny little tubes, and
usually labelled "for marine engine use". Am I looking at the wrong stuff?
Is it inadvisable to use 85W90 gear oil in the diff, which I can find in
good quantity?
Thanks in advance,
Jeremy DuBois
Programmer/System Administrator
Thermalogic Corporation
'74 MGB, '76 Spit
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