mudzilla

so i was stuck in a hole and had to sit in it for about 20 min. and my breather was under water and my front diff. got water in it...needless to say i didnt know it when i got someone to pull me out i started it put it in 4 wheel drive and it started clankin. at first i thought i broke my hub so i pulled it out but it was fine. so i pulled my drain plug on my front diff. and gear oil/water came out and i the plug there was metal shavings!!i thing its my spline gears or something i dont kno much about the gears. but what do i do and where could i find the stuff to fix it?? anyone please help me.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Small metal shavings is normal...big metal chunks is not.
I think your problem is you got a D44 in a Toyota.

mudzilla

well i pulled the diff cover off and the gears on the inside of the big gear, where there are two and they spin vertically, the top one had barely any teeth left on it...someone said it was my spider gear but like i said i dont kno that much about gears. and is d44 bad in a yota or something i was told they were really good? where do i find the stuff to fix it and can i do it myself? does it have to be reshimmed?

Spinnbait

It's probably not a good idea to tackle this if you do not know a decent amount about the subject. It is likely that you will end up in the same situation, not too far down the road. I am not saying that it is impossible to do by yourself; just merely proposing that paying for two sets of gears (after your destroy the first by a bad setup) is equally, if not more, expensive than having someone do it professionally.
Check out http://www.gearinstalls.com/ for information regarding gear installations.

By the way, I did my rear Detroit locker. I reinstalled it 4 times due to my paranoia about my setup and it did not even require setting pinion depth, but that might just be my own worrying...it works flawlessly, now. Good luck.

mudzilla

well i wasnt really planning on doin it myself unless i didnt have to do any of that stuff i was just hoping that it was just swap that one gear and put it back together.

Spinnbait

Ok. Unfortunately, you will have to remove the diff and likely the ring gear to replace the spider gears. You could just replace them with a lunchbox style locker. I have seen many people, knowing nothing about setting gears, install these without any harm. I believe that the D44 uses shims to set the CBPL, so just remember the exact process of removing the unit and reverse the order to reinstall.
The Jeep guys with D30's do it all the time...

mudzilla

yea i read on another forum that you could replace the spider gear without having to take the ring gear out but only if the ring gear was small enough....i dont think mine is? and the only website i could really find for anything like a lunchbox locker was http://www.my4by.com/lockers-and-spo...53_62_199.html

i really dont kno which one to get? and i heard that i would have reshim everything once i took the ring gear out? i will post some pics of it later today. so u can see whats goin on.

bigt

lets see pics of this toy!!

but yeah i would get a mechanic to setup the gears then install them myself

crolison

i'd just take it out and put a lunchbox locker in it.

mudzilla

well these are some pics of what it looks like now.

DeepSeaSnake

yep get a locker, try aussie they are cheap, well built units and i'm sure they have a number of options for a d44

http://aussielocker.com/

mudzilla

i actually have a buddy of mine who's jeep just broke an axle and he is swapping everything and gave me the whole carrier but i think his front end is a d30 can i use it?

crolison

nope, i am pretty sure d30 carrier won't work in a d44.

Birfailed

get a lunchbox locker as long as the ring&pinion are still in good shape jesus!