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  1. mrbreeze

    differential spider gears

    Thanks for all the help everyone, I know the guy that owned the truck before me and he said it has always made noise from "Back there" he even had a local dealer replace all the bearings in the differential a few years ago. After checking all the usual things the only thing that looked...
  2. mrbreeze

    differential spider gears

    The wear pattern looks to be fairly even on all the spider gear teeth,I have about .018 clearance behind the spider gears (as near as I can tell due to they're shape it's hard to get a accurate reading) and the shaft has a little movement side to side but not more than a couple of thousandths. I...
  3. mrbreeze

    differential spider gears

    Does anyone know how much clearance is considered normal between the back of the spider gears and the carrier thrust surface on a mid 90's chevrolet pick up truck differential? Also if the spider gears have to much end play at the thrust surface would this cause a whine to come from the...

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