Topic: Another bad day for me.

[BUBBA]

Welp as the family an I were pulling in to WalMart today there was some granny in front of me turning down one of the parking ilse's so when she get's turned I gas it to go on and the rearend in our minivan decides it's had enough and just makes a sound i didn't wanna hear.I looked down and the speedo was registering 70mph and I was maybe doin 20.Haven't had a chance to pull the cover off yet to see what broke,but whatever it is i'm sure it ain't gonna be cheap.

[WHITE_TRASH]

Well considering its a rear wheel drive mini van that pretty much limits you to having either a GM safari or astro van or a Ford aerostar.  Both actually use a very common rear end that is pretty easy to work on.  If you find its a ring & pinion falilure just swap the whole rear end out with a junkyard unit. That'll save you some coin.

[oddball]

Or maybe a Previa

[WHITE_TRASH]

Oops forgot that one.  Yup grab your ankles and try and smile...    Chances are you'll be able to find on in a wrecking yard though.  Good luck.

[BUBBA [OP]]

Yep it's an Astro.97 model.From the sound it made I don't think it was the ring and pinion.Well atleast not the gears theirself.It sounded more like spline's stripping.

[WHITE_TRASH]

Could have easily been broken spiders or side gears as well.  If your really unlucky it has a gov lock pos in it and the new one will be open...  Gov locks are worse than open diffs....

[BUBBA [OP]]

Could have easily been broken spiders or side gears as well.

Yeah that's what it sounded like,Im hoping that it's just a side gear.I'll know for sure tomorrow.I'm gonna go down and pull the cover off of it in the morn.

[iNfErNaL]

  ,I say just pull the whole unit off,and replace it with a Rockwell .That way you won't brake it again ...J/K,good luck,doesen't sound like that bad of a problem.

[BUBBA [OP]]

Well got it pulled apart and it was defeintly a side gear.The one on the left had broken in half where it entered the carrier at some point in time and had been riding on about 3/8 of axle spline and finally stripped the splines off the axle.Called around and the only junkyard rearend i can find has got a nice $600 price tag attached to it.I can order a new axle for 135 and the spider gear set for about 215.I think im gonna do some more searching,surely i can find it cheaper.

[WHITE_TRASH]

Holy crap really??  Too bad you aren't closer, I know there are a few in the local yard for guaranteed under $200 each complete!  SOmetimes I really hate wrecking yard just for the simple raping they attempt to do....

[BUBBA [OP]]

well went to another yard and found a whole rear minus the brake hardware for 75.

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well went to another yard and found a whole rear minus the brake hardware for 75.

Thats more like it.

[Cheesemaker]

Close to my area there used to be a couple of u-pull its, anything you can pack out for $20.00 per trip.  My uncle packed out a 4cylinder on his own!  Good luck on the axle!  75 don't sound too bad!  Just switch out your brake hardware onto it!!

[RHG]

www.lkqcorp.com These guys have decent prices. When I blew the rearend in my 89camaro I called them up and had a complete rear at my door two days later for $200. Nothing beats swapping the entire housing.

[BUBBA [OP]]

www.lkqcorp.com These guys have decent prices. When I blew the rearend in my 89camaro I called them up and had a complete rear at my door two days later for $200. Nothing beats swapping the entire housing.

checked it out,the cheapest one they had was $385,and it had 164k on it.