Completed disassy, cleanup and initial inspection; see link to photos
Post Disassy PhotosSurprisingly everything appears to be okay; at least for MH with 37K miles. I strongly suspect that the shavings were actually burrs left over from the casting and/or machining process. When I performed initial inspection after removing Diff cover, I found two shavings that appeared to be stuck to the passenger side differential carrier (made a note on photo -
example of smaller burr); about a 1" rectangular cutout where you can see spider gear. I figured it was stuck on the edge of the cutout due to pressure from spider gear, but I now think it was leftover burr. Anyway, I think I will just reassemble, that is, after carefully deburring the diff castings. This seems crazy to me that the Mfg wold leave so many burrs. Exercise in futility, but I guess I can have piece of mind? Please let me know if there is anything I can check. The only area of the assy that seemed unusual was the slop on the spider gears, but then again, this is the first and only one I have ever seen.
Forgot to mention that I still need to cleanup and inspect the axle/diff housing and passenger side axle bearings. The pinion bearing in the housing appears to be fine (supports the pinion nose).
