Just bought my first jeep. Its an '03 sport with a '44 in the rear end. There was a grinding coming from the rear end at low speed when turning. I thought that this was due to PO not adding friction modifier as they just replaced the diff fluid. My dad was nice enough to drain the diff and take a look inside. He found metal shavings and also that some of the spider gears are missing parts of the teeth.
That said, I am torn on what to do. I am trying to keep this as inexpensive as possible and still do the right thing. My current options are to rebuild the diff ourselves, but would need a bearing press and to rent a bearing puller. I find for ~$100-$150 more I can install a truetrack but that will require someone to install it. Or, I can get an auto locker. I guess it's as expensive as I want it to be.
My plan was to keep an lsd in the rear and eventually add a lunchbox in the front. Any opinions on this? All suggestions are welcome.
Also, life threw a wrench in the plan as of this morning. My frontier decided it wanted to start leaking coolant, so it is at the dealership awaiting what I seem to believe is a new water pump. That money will have to come from the jeep budget.
That said, I am torn on what to do. I am trying to keep this as inexpensive as possible and still do the right thing. My current options are to rebuild the diff ourselves, but would need a bearing press and to rent a bearing puller. I find for ~$100-$150 more I can install a truetrack but that will require someone to install it. Or, I can get an auto locker. I guess it's as expensive as I want it to be.
My plan was to keep an lsd in the rear and eventually add a lunchbox in the front. Any opinions on this? All suggestions are welcome.
Also, life threw a wrench in the plan as of this morning. My frontier decided it wanted to start leaking coolant, so it is at the dealership awaiting what I seem to believe is a new water pump. That money will have to come from the jeep budget.