There's a tooth missing off one of the little pinion gears and little metal bits all through the oil. Other teeth damaged from the impact when the gap is skipped. Looks like I'll need a whole 'nuther axle. Good time for that 3.08 swap. Ken Quoting Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>: > Nasty clunks and jerking motion from the rear diff. > Suspect the spider gears or such are losing a tooth/teeth. Going to take the > cover off later tonight. > Can I get these small gears out without taking the whole assembly out of the > axle as the shop manual suggests? > Could be tough to get the various locking pins, etc. out while still in the > axle. > > Maybe I'll just swap the whole axle. Withe 5 speed and the 2.73s that are in > there now I feel I could get better results with 3.08s. Engine rpms seem too > low > when in 5th on the highway. They'd move from about a lugging 1600 to 1800 at > 60mph. > > thanks > > Ken Ames > > 39Master85w.partscar,67Marlin,68AMX,70Machine,73Matador2drht,73Hornet4dsd, > 73-74-75-76GremlinXs,75PacerX,76Hornet2dsd,77Matadorcpe,2-77AMXs,78AMX, > 78Gremlin,78GremlinGT,79Concordhb,79PacerDL8,2-79AMXs,2-80AMXs, > 2-80SpiritDL,80Eagle4dsdn,2-81SX4s,81SpiritGT,81Concord4dsd,82Eaglesw, > 2-85Eaglesw,2-80J20,85J10,88Eaglesw,2-89Sentra4dsd (41) > > AMCA = http://clubs.hemmings.com/amcalberta/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list