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Corrosion in differential

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impropernick

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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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Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues
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I guess your talking about what I see inside the axle tube part of the rear end?
 
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nickyb

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Clean and send it.
 
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Send it where? On down the road?
 
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impropernick

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Rdub6 said:
I guess your talking about what I see inside the axle tube part of the rear end?
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Yeah, exactly
nickyb said:
Clean and send it.
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That's what I want to hear lol
 

nickyb

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Yeah once its clean and filled with gear oil it's smooth sailing.
 

impropernick

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nickyb said:
Yeah once its clean and filled with gear oil it's smooth sailing.
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Awesome, thank you!
 

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,
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Don’t forget the sawdust
 
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Rdub6

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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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CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,
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there’s always the sawdust solution...It worked for me.

Massive rear end noise solution

Ok, I know I'm probably gonna hear it for doing this, but this seems to be the only solution that is working. So, that said here is what I did. Some of you know that my car was under water before I bought it. ( Literally) This was a Katrina flood car. It shows evidence of that every where, (...
www.stangnet.com
 
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Rdub6

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CarMichael Angelo said:
there’s always the sawdust solution...It worked for me.

Massive rear end noise solution

Ok, I know I'm probably gonna hear it for doing this, but this seems to be the only solution that is working. So, that said here is what I did. Some of you know that my car was under water before I bought it. ( Literally) This was a Katrina flood car. It shows evidence of that every where, (...
www.stangnet.com
Click to expand...
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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impropernick

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CarMichael Angelo said:
there’s always the sawdust solution...It worked for me.

Massive rear end noise solution

Ok, I know I'm probably gonna hear it for doing this, but this seems to be the only solution that is working. So, that said here is what I did. Some of you know that my car was under water before I bought it. ( Literally) This was a Katrina flood car. It shows evidence of that every where, (...
www.stangnet.com
Click to expand...
Hahaha, i will definitely keep that in mind for the future!
 
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