detroit carnage

[87manche]

this would be whta happens when the pinion nut comes loose.

[SaharaTJ]

this would be whta happens when the pinion nut comes loose.

 

I had that happen to my d35 in my tj except i had an open carrier and my spiders went kabooooom and not to mention i was on a major road when it happened.

[DirtyComanche]

That's just cosmetic damage.

[87manche]

oh I know that

I've been running on these gears for a month like that.

I just pulled the cover to make srue that nothing bad has happened since, and to make sure that there wasn't any grinding going on.

I can tell you that when I popped the cover to drain the fluid and inspect it after the nut came lose the fluid was all kinds of pretty silver colors :)

[pingpong]

this would be whta happens when the pinion nut comes loose.

 

That is why it pays to have pro's do your gears :roll:

[87manche]

this would be whta happens when the pinion nut comes loose.

 

That is why it pays to have pro's do your gears :roll:

that's why it pays to make sure when you buy a used axle you check those sorts of things.

[pingpong]

makes you wonder why the guy sold it then :eek:

[87manche]

well, I did put the Detroit in, but that was just popping the carrier and setting backlash. Just never hought to check the pinion drag.

You live and learn, at least the pinion survived intact. I'm going to run it till it dies and put an 8.8 i nnext summer. No sense in fretting over a D35 :)