3500 Rear Diff

[mroodzant]

I just did 3rd or 4th diff fluid change on my 2003 3500 SRW. (111,000 miles) I finally decided to do it myself. Not too difficult. But I found something that doesn't look right to me. I saw similar wear on a pic of a diff that was in another post but the wear doesn't seem right? Any experts out there care to take a look.

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[AH64ID]

Looks great to me.



Where is this wear you speak of?

 

[SRadke]

Looks good far as I can see. The little slots you can see the LSD helix gears through is normal. Looks like they wore through the casting but they're actually machined like that.

-Scott

 

[Hoefler]

Looks like the one in my 05 and 08.

 

[NavyDood]

Those slots that look like wear are machined there. The gear oil has to have somewhere to go since helical cut gears act like a small pump.

 

[mroodzant]

Thanks Guys. I figured that out since I posted. It was just a rough looking Machine slot. looked more like something wore through. Thank you for the responses.