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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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Real nice day today spring like 60 degree,s here in Va.beach .been
enjoying this fresh restore a little to much though i think ,.
rear end started to whine just a little and I almost made it back to the barn.
She locked up just as I left a stop sign 15mph maybe.
I would have felt better about it if I would have been snatchin on some gears with a mustang disappearing in my rear view mirror.
Oh well time to get wrenchin.
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Was there fluid in the differential and the right amount?


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Ouch! That's got to suck the big one. It has done nothing but rain and rain big time here in East Tennessee all day long.

Hope it turns out to be an easy fix for you but since you said it locked up..................
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Default Pulled it this morning

Spider gear shaft retainer bolt had backed out .
destroyed every thing in the unit .It broke the carrier in half.
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OUCH. Thats got to suck.


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