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diff "slop" question

2K views 16 replies 8 participants last post by  Tom 
#1 ·
2004 Astro with 10-bolt rear axle with the eaton gov-lock. Sumbitch whines like mad when driving and has about 10 degrees of slop/play in rotation. When you go front park/
neutral to D/R, there's a decent clunk from the play being taken up. Pulled the cover off and see that most of this play is coming from the spider gear interface inside the G80.

Is this much excess play normal? I was just planning on doing a R&P swap tomorrow - but now I'm not sure if I worry about the G80 too!?
 
#8 ·
LOL,
I'm not one of those dorks. :sonicjay:
I love how people will "advertise" what's in a car or inside a trailer by putting all kinds of decals on the outside to show how cool they are.

Then promptly get those cool things stolen. :(
 
#12 ·
My rear end had all kinds of issues. :teehee:

- grabbing around low speed corners; wrong lube
- lot's o pinion slop; lots of worm gear lash
- other noise; nerfed pinion bearings

The noise and slop enabled me to get a significant discount on this thing (2004 Chevrolet Astro AWD) - far more than the parts and tools cost me to rebuild it (if I don't grenade it from building it wrong).
 
#14 ·
Rebuild? They only made about a six billion Astrosafaris during the 70 years they were in production, go find a rear end for 50 bucks and install it in a fraction of the time it will take to rebuild.

PS - I'm also a recipient of a G80 caused craigslist deal-o-the-day vehicle too. :thumb:
 
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