Differential Fails

For your viewing pleasure, here are a small portion of the differential fails which Diff Lab has seen and repaired. Please enjoy.

 

Just keep hitting the old lock plate until it stays in. Bash the nut and pinion a bit too:

No need to use a new crush sleeve. Just shim the old one:

Broken BMW E70 X5 carrier:

 

Various Smashed BMW 188mm Gears:

 

What happens when you don't change the oil:

 

Blown F-series M Pinion Flange Bearing:

When bearing races are left far too long:

It is possible for the inner race to spin on the LSD:

This outer race was turning in the case (inadequate pre-load):

This person is a whiz with their die grinder, and managed to score a bunch of teeth with it:

Little bits of helical LSD:

Terrible sticky oil:

No oil changes, seized pinion bearings, melted out with oxy-acetylene: