Hello everyone,
New member hear and glad to be part of the website. I have been a lurker for awhile and have found a lot of very useful information from the site.
I have an 02′ 660 and had noticed the rear differential clicking when torque is applied. I had tightened up the bolts on several occasions, but it was a short fix. Finally, I decided to rip it apart before there was any significant damage done to the drive train.
Initially, my plan was to have the aluminum sleeved because I figured the holes had been wallowed out, but once I finally got it all pulled out, I found a crack and a piece of the aluminum missing on the nut end of the front mounting bolt.
My question is – can this still be fixed by sleeving the hole? Or do I need to buy a new differential and replace the old? Everything else seems to be in good working order. If it needs to be replaced, any ideas where people are getting theirs? I have no interest in buying a used one and moving all of the gears over. I just don’t have the time for that big of a project.
I tried to post some pictures, but you have to have 10 posts in order to post them. I can forward if someone would like to post them?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hello everyone,
New member hear and glad to be part of the website. I have been a lurker for awhile and have found a lot of very useful information from the site.
I have an 02′ 660 and had noticed the rear differential clicking when torque is applied. I had tightened up the bolts on several occasions, but it was a short fix. Finally, I decided to rip it apart before there was any significant damage done to the drive train.
Initially, my plan was to have the aluminum sleeved because I figured the holes had been wallowed out, but once I finally got it all pulled out, I found a crack and a piece of the aluminum missing on the nut end of the front mounting bolt.
My question is – can this still be fixed by sleeving the hole? Or do I need to buy a new differential and replace the old? Everything else seems to be in good working order. If it needs to be replaced, any ideas where people are getting theirs? I have no interest in buying a used one and moving all of the gears over. I just don’t have the time for that big of a project.
I tried to post some pictures, but you have to have 10 posts in order to post them. I can forward if someone would like to post them?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
