1G Center Diff

[GORBS88]

Just a quick question about the center diff, I know some guys weld it or get an aftermarket one. How bad is it if my stock one is locked up? When I turn the inner rear tire wants to spin lick crazy. I know that it has locked up.

Now is it bad to leave it alone? Will I break anything because of it? pls advise asap.

 

[steve]

If your center diff is locked up and it's not welded then broken bits are circulating around in your trans and it's just a matter of time before they take out the rest of the trans.

In other words you shouldn't be driving the car until you fix it. It's that bad!

Steve

 

[leet]

I agree with steve.

I'd drain the fluid out of it and see if there's any metal in it, for starters.

 

[GORBS88]

Ohhh ok. I am tearin it down before I put it in anyway. But I disagree to a point, cause if the spider gears sieze up to pin then there is no pieces to float around, that happened to my last tranny as well and oil was clean. But if it has grenaded completely then there will be crap flyin everywhere.

 

[-red97rum-]

If your center diff is locked up and it's not welded then broken bits are circulating around in your trans and it's just a matter of time before they take out the rest of the trans.

In other words you shouldn't be driving the car until you fix it. It's that bad!

Steve

I totally agree that you shouldn't be driving the car in it's current state. But if the transfer case is locked up you won't have to worry about pieces of it getting into your transmission as they do not exchange gear oil at all.

-Dustin

 

[pneumo]

...if the transfer case is locked up you won't have to worry about pieces of it getting into your transmission as they do not exchange gear oil at all.

His transfer case is not locked up, it's the center diff that locked up on him. Those are two different parts with different symptoms when they break.