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Owns A Torsen
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The rear end on this one was humming from the beginning. A couple weeks ago it took a turn for the worse and started "crunching".
I made it home and parked it thinking "good thing I have that torsen in the garage".
So I tried all the accessories I bought for the Torsen (it was an 8.8 4.10 gear 31 tooth spline out of a FX4 Level 2 but had drums) like the disk brake plates, calipers, rotors... everything seemed to fit fine.
I wanted to take it apart and clean it out since sometime in its life it took on some moisture and had some powder rust in a couple spots, plus I wanted to paint it.
I bought seals and oil and friction modifier and a few other things. Marked the pinion well so I could just clean the bearing and put a new seal in.
When I pulled the pinion out here is what I found:
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00 XLT 4WD RCSB 3.GO! Jalapeño
01 XLT 2WD RC Steppie 3.0 auto Silver
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