Changing tail shaft seal found play in rear diff.

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Re: Changing tail shaft seal found play in rear diff. [Re: damitboy] #855952 12/30/07 02:24 AM

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You should not be able to shake the pinion shaft in/out or up and down. If what you're feeling is rotational play, some of it is normal as you take up the ring and pinion backlash, endplay in the spider gears and slight amount of looseness in the axle splines.

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Changing tail shaft seal found play in rear diff.	damitboy	12/30/07 12:47 AM
Re: Changing tail shaft seal found play in rear diff.	BigJim	12/30/07 01:36 AM
Re: Changing tail shaft seal found play in rear diff.	80CJ	12/30/07 02:24 AM
Re: Changing tail shaft seal found play in rear diff.	damitboy	12/30/07 04:37 AM

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