Attention: TDR Forum Junkies I had a visit from a depressed friend today. He was doing routine maintenance on his new-to-him early 01 2500 Auto the other day. When he opened up the rear diff mayhem had been loose. Small chunks of spidergear and clutch pieces came out 
The spider-gears had not grenaded yet, but they where barely gripping.
When he came by me he had been on parts hunt, but no one locally here in town or in Norway all together could help him out. Since Dodge are just getting back on the market over here there is no help from the dealers either and spare parts are at least 300% more here than the dealers in US
I have done a search on differentials here, and after two hours reading I decide to ask for help instead.
Could anybody here please help us with where to get quality parts at a decent price? What he definatly need are new clutches and the assembly parts. The spidergears are scuffed and missing some small parts on the edges so they might needs replacing also. There is no visible damage to the ring and pinion. There was no noise in the rear before he discovered this, and the carrier bearings feel nice and smooth. Should he go for a total rebuild or could he settle for less and just replace broken parts? Today the truck has only light duty, no towing or hauling just a everyday truck. He is wrenching on Case agricultur tractors and are capabel on doing his own work, he just need some pointers and parts.
I should also mention this that the truck have been a plow truck in Canada, and so far he have rebuilt the whole front end and the truck have signs of little to non maintanace. I belive he have a Dana 70 rear since he don't have a rear sway bar and no overload/helper springs. The numbers on the axle are; 52069469 AK. 3,54 gears and the last # are 60544-2.
Any help are appreciated
The spider-gears had not grenaded yet, but they where barely gripping.
When he came by me he had been on parts hunt, but no one locally here in town or in Norway all together could help him out. Since Dodge are just getting back on the market over here there is no help from the dealers either and spare parts are at least 300% more here than the dealers in US
I have done a search on differentials here, and after two hours reading I decide to ask for help instead.
Could anybody here please help us with where to get quality parts at a decent price? What he definatly need are new clutches and the assembly parts. The spidergears are scuffed and missing some small parts on the edges so they might needs replacing also. There is no visible damage to the ring and pinion. There was no noise in the rear before he discovered this, and the carrier bearings feel nice and smooth. Should he go for a total rebuild or could he settle for less and just replace broken parts? Today the truck has only light duty, no towing or hauling just a everyday truck. He is wrenching on Case agricultur tractors and are capabel on doing his own work, he just need some pointers and parts.
I should also mention this that the truck have been a plow truck in Canada, and so far he have rebuilt the whole front end and the truck have signs of little to non maintanace. I belive he have a Dana 70 rear since he don't have a rear sway bar and no overload/helper springs. The numbers on the axle are; 52069469 AK. 3,54 gears and the last # are 60544-2.
Any help are appreciated
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