My little bro lives outside Talequah, Ok so I am not there to eyeball this so I am passing it on as it was passed to me. He has a 95 fzj80
Appearantly the front pinion seal blew when he was on a highway trip. He initially didnt notice any odd noises but noticed the fluid when he stopped for fuel. He topped off the diff and drove another 60 miles to his house. Emptied out again by time he got home. He then replaced the pinion seal. started to notice a whine. took it to a shop to get the pinion backlash adjusted. Still whining. kept getting worse, now really bad. The mechanic said he expected the whine to subside as the gears resettled? Now he (the mechanic) thinks the diff gears are toast from the time spent running without fluid.
My 2 Q's
1. Does this sound right for toasting the gears?
2. Anyone have a line on a used front unlocked 80 stock third member?
Thanks
CAS
Appearantly the front pinion seal blew when he was on a highway trip. He initially didnt notice any odd noises but noticed the fluid when he stopped for fuel. He topped off the diff and drove another 60 miles to his house. Emptied out again by time he got home. He then replaced the pinion seal. started to notice a whine. took it to a shop to get the pinion backlash adjusted. Still whining. kept getting worse, now really bad. The mechanic said he expected the whine to subside as the gears resettled? Now he (the mechanic) thinks the diff gears are toast from the time spent running without fluid.
My 2 Q's
1. Does this sound right for toasting the gears?
2. Anyone have a line on a used front unlocked 80 stock third member?
Thanks
CAS
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