Differential Carrier: Inspection
- Inspect differential carrier assembly for the following:
- Damaged or worn teeth, bearing rollers, washers, or pins on differential planetary pinion gear.
- Damaged or worn teeth or splines on final drive sun gear.
- Damaged or worn teeth, splines, or thrust washers on differential side gear.
- Damaged or worn teeth, thrust washers, or shaft on differential pinion gear.
- Damaged or worn lugs or splines on parking gear.
- Damaged VSS reluctor wheel.
- Damaged internal gear/parking gear thrust bearing, differential carrier/sun gear thrust bearing or differential carrier/case thrust bearing.
- Damaged or worn differential carrier/case selective thrust washer.
- Damaged differential/final drive carrier housing.
Replace components as necessary. See Figure, Figure, Figure and Figure . If VSS reluctor wheel is damaged, see VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR RELUCTOR WHEEL .
- Inspect final drive sun gear shaft for the following:
- Damaged or worn splines.
- Cracks at lube oil holes.
- Damaged or worn bearing journals.