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Message: [QUOTE="brockshields38, post: 1513753, member: 29262"] Hey guys so long story short my rear diff locked up on me. Long story long, I was driving into work a few weeks ago and using cruise control as always. I had that set to 99km/h (61-62mph) and my cruise is rather good at maintaining speed I never see it differentiate more than 1mph when on grades. So I was driving along on flat grade and felt my truck accelerate I looked down it was all the way down at 95kmh, and continued to accelerate up to 103 before settling down again at 99 where I set it. About another 1/2mile further down the road coming up to a stop light that was red and right after I finished shifting down into 4th the rear end locked up and started skipping so I jammed in the clutch and skidded off onto the shoulder. I hopped out and took a peek under the back and there was a small amount of smoke coming from the front of of the diff at the yoke. So called up a flat bed got it hauled back to my house dragged on and off the deck. So I’ve finally gotten up the nerve to take a look and deal with the heartbreak expecting to see shrapnel fall out as I took the diff cover off. But to my surprise there was no chunks on metal no chunks out of any teeth, but also no fluid. After further inspection, there is a small pinhole in my diff cover about halfway up from the bottom. So where should I go from here I’m not too we’ll versed with differentials and transmissions but I’m hell bent on figuring it out. Should I start pulling out bearings? Would the issue remain within the diff housing or could it extend out the axles. Any and all help is appreciated! 1996 F250 7.3 ZF5 3.55LS Dana 50 IFS and Sterling 10.25” rear [/QUOTE]

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