DTE differential
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DTE differential
Interesting that the chatter is completely gone with this change. Even with the OEM, fluid change and figure 8's, I still experienced some mild chatter at take off. Now with the Differential swap it is completely gone, sounds like a normal car.
The swap is new and not broken in yet but I can already feel that it was the right decision going with 4.10's.
The swap is new and not broken in yet but I can already feel that it was the right decision going with 4.10's.
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what needs to "break in" with gears? you apparently had bad "clutch packs" in your old diff, or damaged it trying to launch it or do burn outs like john force, Because the rest of us only had the "chatter" when we were turning and in my 06 the "new" fluid worked perfectly! instantly! and I recently went to Amsoil and still no noise, say good by to your MPG
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10
what needs to "break in" with gears? you apparently had bad "clutch packs" in your old diff, or damaged it trying to launch it or do burn outs like john force, Because the rest of us only had the "chatter" when we were turning and in my 06 the "new" fluid worked perfectly! instantly! and I recently went to Amsoil and still no noise, say good by to your MPG
Congrats on the new DTE diff Boomer!!!
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St. Jude Donor '15
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just for info, how much DO you lose in mpg by going to 4.10 vs. 3.42 (I presume that's what you had before)? I would think it's somewhere in the 3-5 mpg range, but that's just a guess.
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what needs to "break in" with gears? you apparently had bad "clutch packs" in your old diff, or damaged it trying to launch it or do burn outs like john force, Because the rest of us only had the "chatter" when we were turning and in my 06 the "new" fluid worked perfectly! instantly! and I recently went to Amsoil and still no noise, say good by to your MPG
Also I have never launched or burned out, ever in this car. Two yrs. old. I am a very smooth driver, 33 yrs Commercial experience. My brakes last forever. My 96 4 runner with 170,000 miles still has original pads and rotors.
Weekend driver so milage is not a concern. For trips I expect to maybe loose 2 max. I was getting 29 so no bigger for me.
With 80,000 lbs under you it is all amout smoothness on the road especially in the twisters, brakes get hot real fast.
The brake in procedure is more of heat cycling for 350 miles keeping under 3,000 rpm and no wot.
Neumonic 2002......ya thanks for the post.
Last edited by Boomer111; Feb 6, 2010 at 01:10 PM.
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