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blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 4:28:08 PM

prozach1988

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today i was wheeling and i stopmed on it form a stand still (on dirt) and i heard a tink tink tink...tink and i was like wtf but i drove a little more and it felt like a gap in something but i stopped checcked to see if there was play in the drive shaft and there wasnt any
so i put in in drive and there was a pause and then a jerk so decied time to head home on the way home after driving about 5 miles or so the rpms just jumped and the speedo went up like i was in neutral. so i pulled over and checked the drive shaft again and there was no play so i went to go get back in and put it in drive and i could hear it spinning and grinding but no going so i figured ring gear or pinion stripped so i put it in 4 hi and drove home took the diff cover off and the spider gear to the right is stripped just to let you know i have a 30x9.5x15 on that side and a 235/75/15 on the other due to putting a hole in my old tires sidewall so do you think that would make a difference on why that side went or it went period but any suggestions on what to do would be helpful thanks

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 4:46:45 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: prozach1988
30x9.5x15 on that side and a 235/75/15 on the other

How exactly did you think that was going to turn out?

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 4:56:06 PM

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Any vehicle should have matching tire size on each axle. On a 4X4 you need matching tire size on all 4 wheels.
That certainly would have been a contributing factor to the gear failure.
Replacing the spider gear (set, all 4) is pretty easy to do. Just make sure the thust washers stay in place.

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 5:48:34 PM

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just to let you know i have a 30x9.5x15 on that side and a 235/75/15 on the other

One tire would be turning faster than the other one. Your rear end didn't fail you wrecked it by putting different sized tires on.

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 7:04:21 PM

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ok but do you think i need to replace anything other than the spider gears due to all the little shards of metal floating around in the fluid as i drove home?

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 7:12:15 PM

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You really need to get in there and have a look at the ring and pinion gears, inspecting for damage. When parts start floating around in the diff, I would be worried about gear and bearing damage.

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 7:20:24 PM

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ok i was just asking to make sure but that will have to wait till next weekend or so thanks for the help

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 7:23:31 PM

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Hope you aren't driving it still. You will for sure fubar things if you continue to drive it.

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 8:41:34 PM

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no not at all its parked im borrowing dads car until i get it fixed i was afraid i was going to really mess it up trying to get it home but i got it home safely which is what i most care about if i was that much of an idiot i dont think i should be driving in the first place

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/15/2008 9:46:50 PM

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I wasn't implying anything about you with my comments above. I know many people that just assume the worst and drive their vehicles until they can fix them, often causing things to be much worse than they originally were. Just a word of caution, nothing else.

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/16/2008 6:02:42 AM

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ok no offense taken

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RE: blown spider gear - 3/26/2008 10:39:00 PM

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prozach i was wondering where u got ur torsion keys

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