Finally got the diff out of the car and upon disassembly I find chunks missing from one of the spider gears. Can’t find any metal in the housing and all other gears are fine. The rear wasn’t making any noise prior. What do you guys think?
Unfortunately all the boneyards around here are long gone. I needed to get this car back on the ground as it was blocking my driveway so I just said screw it and put it back together. Been driving around like this for over 8 years. Looks like previous owner must have blown it up and maybe this top spider gear damage was missed upon the rebuild. There was no metal in the case and all the other gears are good. Oh well guess I’ll just have to wait and see
Don't forget you can use a diff out of a solid axle as long as an 8.8.