The Dana 35 in my '89 Cherokee exploded yesterday on the highway. Just shifted into fifth right outside of town, doing about 100 KPH when I heard a KABANG! followed by thump thump thump thump. Shit. Pulled off to the side of the road and walked home. Got the jeep back to the garage today and found that things weren't so nice in the diff..
The pinion gear is mostly gone, shredded into bits. Took out some of the ring gear, and part of the housing. It still had plenty of oil in it, I guess it was just over stressed from 397,000KM of abuse. Goodbye, Dana 35, you served me well.
The pinion gear is mostly gone, shredded into bits. Took out some of the ring gear, and part of the housing. It still had plenty of oil in it, I guess it was just over stressed from 397,000KM of abuse. Goodbye, Dana 35, you served me well.