Recent content by redbeard

Ive also got ride rite type Air bags to contend with.....this should be interesting as a whole:whymewhyme:

This was the recent situation...

http://www.tahoeforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7046&d=1407287557

This is what i found 11 months ago and posted in another thread.....

SO, after discovering a broken Ring Gear tooth, while removing the inspection cover and getting set up to do seals and bearing kit....the old 10 bolt with 300k is done. Came really close to a deal on the commonly sought after 14 bolt 6 lug unit out of a 93 k2500.....until the tape measure...

well it lasted....until now. pulled the cover off to have a look. broken Ring gear tooth,

It certainly is metallic Yes.....thin steel jagged metal. If not a pinion seal lip.....Any guess on what internal on this style rear differential would release something like this??

What I'm asking is should I lose any sleep over this or just get the miles I can out of it? Nothing lasts forever....but this 99 Tahoe 4x4 is the closest I've been to something that seems like it might. :-)

99 Tahoe 300 000 km I pulled the cover off my 10 bolt rear to clean it out and refresh the gear oil because it's been weeping. I'm not afraid of a little metal muck on my magnet but I'll post a picture of what I found..... Last gear oil refresh and cover renewal was 40k ago when I...