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I doubt you cracked the ring and pinion. I picture you had wheel spin on ice or snow and it caught and broke a tooth. It happens. I always use 4WD to avoid spinning. But I had used these m1009's very very hard and never broke the rear. My Son's on the other hand could break an Anvil. My new...
I would clean the cover plate surface and the axle really good and use a paper gasket and the Permatex Right Stuff. I would fill it full and we can go from there. the axles will need pulled out and everything looked at. I will get a look at my parts rear and see if I have the 4 inner gears. Do...
Lets clean it up real good and get new oil in it. You can drive it here. I will check with a friend of mine that rebuilds rears. I have a few M1009 rears for parts and if the spider gears are bad in yours I think we could get this fixed up. I done it before. It worked for many years. I don't...
Changing a complete rear is a fairly simple job. You will need 4 new U bolts and 8 nuts. But I have reused the U bolts and nuts in the past. Never had any issues. Good Luck. I look forward to your update. Feeling stronger everyday. Thank you.
They still use that same design rear differential in new GM trucks. They have held up well for many years. I am think SSDVC you have to remove the rear differential cover and inspect the oil and magnet inside for me to give you an educated guess. Also the front outer axle U joints. Check them...
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