Corrosion in differential

Hey everyone, I picked up this 8.8 from a guy that had it sitting outside for quite some time.I was taking it apart getting ready to clean it up and put in new gears/axles and I found this...It's corrosion on the inside of the diff. I'm thinking it should be fine, since the corrosion is past where the bearing race/shims sit, but I don't know for sure. I put 3 pics zooming out just to give perspective of where it is. I have some in the same spot on the other side, but not as bad. I'm hoping someone can ease my mind here lol.
 

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I just rebuilt my rear diff. I used a broom handle with a microfiber attached to it to clean the tubes of all the gunk that was there from 30 years of use.
Maybe you could do the same with a Scotch Brite to clean the corrosion.
Once that tube is clean your good to go!
 
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there’s always the sawdust solution...It worked for me.
 
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there’s always the sawdust solution...It worked for me.
Who’d a thought! All I use sawdust for is to help dry up old paint so I can throw it out!
 
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there’s always the sawdust solution...It worked for me.
Hahaha, i will definitely keep that in mind for the future!