Originally Posted by newalfisti
From the pictures that i saw i can see that the metal of the teeth shows all the signs of lack of lubrication. If the teeth didn't break they would have frictionwelded themselves. What was the oil level like before this happened?
By the way, impressive work to tackle on your own, well done.
Havn't had a chance to do any more at the moment....a few things have come up taking priority.
I don't hink lubrication was an issue here. She dropped the full amount of oil she should have, and it was clean as a whistle despite the bits of crap flying around inside the housing. I'll be able to tell the state of affairs much better when the old diff is dropped out (fingers crossed the internal housing is intact). The casing I removed had a small indent from being struck by a piece of gear. Luckily it didn't penetrate far and has no burrs or loose bits.