TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
Figured this is something that most of us :o have seen if we have taken our trucks on anything tougher than a gravel ranch road! 
After having my 3rd diff failure I was begining to believe I should buy a horse and ride off in the sunset. Well, this morning I looked at the elocker third I pulled off my 09 TRD Off Road.
Confidence restored. When I looked at the ring gear with the borescope I didn't see any damage on the ring gear - no missing teeth as I was accustomed to seeing. I did see axial play and the play in the pinion was very significant... I figured I blew the carrier!
[video=youtube;ka4dAj0tDPo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka4dAj0tDPo[/video]
What I found this morning is that all of the bolts holding the ring gear to the differential case were loose - out about a 1/4".
That's one for the WTF thread!!! 
You know, I was all set that I was going to have to switch out everything and engineer a solution - and I know these e-lockers are not the best but if I can get another year or two, I will be happy! (I figure my ability to make money will greatly improve come Nov 2012!!! Then I may do something different).
Oh yeah, the outer part of the ring gear did suffer a couple of broken teeth! But overall the wear pattern on the ring gear was fine - no signs of improper set-up.
As much as I hate to see Chase having to cover this, I think this failure started in a busy shop last August. It will be interesting to see his response. I know I am a ECGS supporter and hopefully this will be remedied with out much incident. Otherwise, I am going to set it up myself and get used to buying ring and pinions!!!!
pics and movie to come.
After having my 3rd diff failure I was begining to believe I should buy a horse and ride off in the sunset. Well, this morning I looked at the elocker third I pulled off my 09 TRD Off Road.
Confidence restored. When I looked at the ring gear with the borescope I didn't see any damage on the ring gear - no missing teeth as I was accustomed to seeing. I did see axial play and the play in the pinion was very significant... I figured I blew the carrier!
[video=youtube;ka4dAj0tDPo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka4dAj0tDPo[/video]
What I found this morning is that all of the bolts holding the ring gear to the differential case were loose - out about a 1/4".
That's one for the WTF thread!!! You know, I was all set that I was going to have to switch out everything and engineer a solution - and I know these e-lockers are not the best but if I can get another year or two, I will be happy! (I figure my ability to make money will greatly improve come Nov 2012!!!
Then I may do something different).Oh yeah, the outer part of the ring gear did suffer a couple of broken teeth!
But overall the wear pattern on the ring gear was fine - no signs of improper set-up.As much as I hate to see Chase having to cover this, I think this failure started in a busy shop last August.
It will be interesting to see his response. I know I am a ECGS supporter and hopefully this will be remedied with out much incident. Otherwise, I am going to set it up myself and get used to buying ring and pinions!!!! pics and movie to come.
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