Anyone know the insides of Front Differential?
Put a small ding in the bottom forward most part of the front differential offroading the other day. (i know, just get a guard!)
Anyway, this was days ago, and I did not hear any grinding or abnormal noises, and no fluid is leaking from the ding so I havent worried about it. Today backing into a parking spot, at about 2 mph i get a feeling through the wheel / noise almost like when a tire is rubbing on the trailing arm (my steering stops aren't adjusted right). Sounded enough alike to that that i had to second check that my wheels were actually straight and they were. It only does it for 1-2 mph or so, then noise and vibration goes away.
Is there a separate gear in the differential for reverse, or some reason it would rub in reverse and not forward? The dimple from the rock is only about half of a gumball size. I haven't yet opened one of the differentials, so I'm not quite sure what is going on in there.
Any ideas? I have 4 spare axles so even if it goes kaboom i'm not in too much trouble. I'll stay out of reverse as much as possible for now though.
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