1988 K1500 Rear axle Differential major malfunction
November 14th, 2013, 11:02 PM
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1988 K1500 Rear axle Differential major malfunction
Hello guys got this k1500 from a buddy few months ago. Beenworking on the basic maintenance and I got hit with severe break down. It snuckright up on me, for the last month I heard a high pitch noise but wasn’t verynoticeable, then all of a sudden the grinding started. The truck started makinga horrible metal grinding noise whenever I let off the gas.ffice
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Got under the truck an removed the shaft from the diff, theyoke had a lots of free play. Then I removed the diff cover. There was lots ofmetal shaving in the oil. <o></o>
Now I’m wondering if this diff/axle is a lost cause, or if Ican repair it right on a budget. I planon pulling the axle shafts an pulling out the diff on Saturday.<o></o>
Most of my auto experience is front wheel drive cars so I’ma bit lost, any advice would be much appreciated.<o></o>
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November 15th, 2013, 4:26 PM
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Thanks Allan, just saved me a bunch of time.
As far as replacing the rear axle is there any options apart from 1988 k1500 rear end? or are there others that bolt right up?
As far as replacing the rear axle is there any options apart from 1988 k1500 rear end? or are there others that bolt right up?
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