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    4.300 Differential Grinding Diagnosis?

    It would have been much more than 7 mils, though I'm not clear where this is measured from. In rotating the drive shaft back and forth, it would have been numbers of degrees play, before the output shafts would turn. Also, it had a surprisingly distinct "klink-klink" between when the drive...
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    4.300 Differential Grinding Diagnosis?

    This is my first post/question, so bear with me. My '87 non-turbo has always had a slight grinding noise in the rear diff when making a parking lot speed, tight left turn. The rear gasket on the diff had a leak. When I got a new exhaust system, I had the shop drop the diff, replace the seals...