Need Rear end HELP
As I said,
This is something I have never run in to. My new rear turned it self into a Detroit locker. I know this is not sounding sane, let me start from the beginning. I installed a new rebuilt Dana 44 in my 86 coupe I drove it about 200 miles and everything was fine. I got into some bad weather and had some fun spinning some wheels on the wet road and all of a sudden the posi will not let go. When I go around turns the one tire hooks and the other tire skips like a DETROIT LOCKER. Will this thing ever let go or am I going to mess things up by driving it this way. Plumberh2o:willy: |
well something ain't spinning. stuck clutches? shoot i don't know, but i do know you need to talk to whoever built it. building rear ends ain't easy. i did it one time with no dial indicators or shise to check backlash or install bearings, but i was good, resilient, lucky and just kept pulling stuff apart untill the pattern looked good. it sounds like your re-builder could be none of these. but be positive--everybody makes mistakes.
i hope you get a direction of inquiry here, but i don't think that will help your negotiations with the assembler. call them, start out polite, then get more aggresive. or even better, go there and do the same thing--if you are close enough. did you add posi additive? |
When you installed the rearend, did you put the lube in it, or was it full from the rebuilder? The reason why I ask is that there is an additive you must put in along with the gear oil. The additive is needed to make the clutches in the differental work correctly. Just a thought....
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Originally Posted by KODAVETTE
When you installed the rearend, did you put the lube in it, or was it full from the rebuilder? The reason why I ask is that there is an additive you must put in along with the gear oil. The additive is needed to make the clutches in the differental work correctly. Just a thought....
:iagree: The posi becomes locked when it gets hot. Happened to me on a C3 I used to have. |
is there anybody out there?
not pink floyd. which one is pink? |
I put the lube in the rear synthetic lube that needs no posi fluid. This rear was rebuilt by Ickers rear rebuilds and has a 1 year guarantee. If I feel it is not going to fix it self then I have a days work to remove it again and install another one when I get it from Ickers.
Thanks but the thing I asked was if anyone else seen this happen or had it happin to them and what was wrong.:thumbs: |
I have read that 2 bottles of the GM only additive are nessessary in some rears. I would try that before pulling the rear.
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rear end
i think before you give up I would buy a bottle of limited slip additive and put that in to see if its frees clutches up might work might not gear oil you put in might not had enought additive
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:iagree: toss in two bottles of gm positration lube additive p/n 1052358.
stuff works...i've heard its whale oil,don't tell the tree-grabbers. |
I a going to put two bottles of GM POSI FLUID in the rear and take it to the big parking lot the next time it is raining. Then I will see if the same treatment will make it better or do it in.
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