I did a Search....and could not find what I wanted to know so here I am starting this thread.
I want to know:
YOUR experiences with the Good, Old, Tried and True 7 1/4 Differential.
I will start with one of my own Experiences.
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One day I was sitting at a Stop sign and turned Left, in my 1974 Dodge Dart Sport (of unknown Actual Mileage) and accelerated Kinda Heavy with a stock 360/904....and heard/felt
a LOUD CLunk/POp....didnt know if ran over a piece of pipe in the road or what so I drove up to the next red light and motioned to turn left and held short till it was clear and slowly accelerated and it did it again Clunk/POp....I knew it broke something in the diff but I wasnt sure what.
I eased it the 1 mile back to the house and jacked it up and popped the cover off.....sure enough it got the Spider Gears.
Wasnt in a position to do a 8.75 swap so ordered the Spider Gear set from Yukon and rebuilt the carrier myself in the garage in -15* Oregon weather with basic hand tools.
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Anybody ever EXPLODE one?
I want to know:
YOUR experiences with the Good, Old, Tried and True 7 1/4 Differential.
I will start with one of my own Experiences.
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One day I was sitting at a Stop sign and turned Left, in my 1974 Dodge Dart Sport (of unknown Actual Mileage) and accelerated Kinda Heavy with a stock 360/904....and heard/felt
a LOUD CLunk/POp....didnt know if ran over a piece of pipe in the road or what so I drove up to the next red light and motioned to turn left and held short till it was clear and slowly accelerated and it did it again Clunk/POp....I knew it broke something in the diff but I wasnt sure what.
I eased it the 1 mile back to the house and jacked it up and popped the cover off.....sure enough it got the Spider Gears.
Wasnt in a position to do a 8.75 swap so ordered the Spider Gear set from Yukon and rebuilt the carrier myself in the garage in -15* Oregon weather with basic hand tools.
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Anybody ever EXPLODE one?