New Rear End is in....

[Torque Junkie]

And it fixed that pesky driveline vibration I"d been experiencing since I bought the truck.   Definately nice!  I think the drive shaft still may be very slightly out of balance (which over many years probably caused the whole rear end problem to begin with) so I will get that rebalanced here soon.

 

The mechanic was out to lunch when I went to pick up the truck so I'm gonna go back out there later and take a look at the old one.  

 

I'll let you know how bad it was when I get back

 

-Mike

[Torque Junkie]

OK, I got some pics of the old rear end.  I'm going to leave them in super-high-res to show detail.

 

The ring & pinion were shot but the reast of the components were in better condition than I thought.  You can see how the edges of the teeth on the ring gear are rounded from years of the pinion gear bouncing around, and in the last pic look way back into it and see the front of the pinion gear and how ground & eaten up it is.

 

Check out the pinion bearing.        

 

-Mike

 

http://www.redlineenterprises.com/truck/pinionbearing1.jpg

http://www.redlineenterprises.com/truck/pinionbearing2.jpg

http://www.redlineenterprises.com/truck/ringgear.jpg

http://www.redlineenterprises.com/truck/spidersandpinion.jpg

[chevy4x4trucks]

Glad you've gotten that all taken care of.

 

I'd comment on the pics, but they aren't exactly dial up friendly.  I'll have to take a peak at them when I get back home.