front differential

Attempting to change the diff side front drive shaft u-joint, which, to my understanding is a spicer 5-793x (2003 Rubicon). However, the u-joint I pulled out of the driveshaft looks a little odd. The caps were protruding from the drive shaft, and there were no retaining clips. I was able...

New to the forum, need some identification help and what next help. My 06 LJ failed inspection on some spots so was in the middle of fixing all that and came to a halt so I figured I would look at my front locker that doesnt work. At first inspection the wire is totally off.. Maybe the last...

I recently changed the fluid in the Dana 30 front differential and just tried using 4hi for the first time since the change. There was a whining noise like you might expect to hear from power steering when accelerating but not at idle. I don't remember there being any extra noise like that when...

So I was getting some weird sounds when turning so I took it in to see if they could check it out. Told me I needed a new front differential and I decided to take it for a second opinion. When I picked it up the brake pedal went to the floor before I even left the parking lot. Left it there and...

Hello Everyone, Tonight I dented my front differential cover ( 2005 Jeep Rubicon), after it happened my front locker light came on and started to flash and I lost almost all control of turning to the right. I am wondering why I lost control of my turning when where I got hit it didn't affect...

Hello everyone, First I would like to say, im new to posting to this forum but I have read as much as I can on here. So I am also newer to Jeeps as well. Long story short I ended up with a 2004 LJ with about 122k miles on. The guy I bought it from (also I had no clue) did a horrible job with...

I'm Looking for some help on a not-often-asked question after searching without success. Background: I just changed the pinion seal on my Dana 30 front differential and unintentionally placed more torque on the pinion nut than I intended. I'm concerned I may now have too much pre-load on the...