The only thing I could add to the other responses would be; were there any metallic particles in the gear lube when you drained the pumpkin ?View attachment 279333Are these marks/streaks normal? I don’t see any chunks of metal anywhere. The marks are not raised or deep.
Agreed. There isn't a problem here.I'm gonna say those a probably from the manufacturing process of the cover. It's stamped steel.
The carrier (locker, limited slip, open) is mounted with bearings clamped and bolted to the housing interior, the ring gear has teeth and is bolted to the carrier. The ring gear meshes with pinion which the yoke bolted to and then the rear driveshaft connects to the yoke.No dents in cover and I didn't find any metal bits inside and none on the magnet. The fluid was very, very dark though. Cover is back on so no pics, sorry. I didn't see any marks on anything really. To be fair, my knowledge of these extends to changing fluid in the front and rear yesterday for the first time. Which one is the ring gear and carrier?