I have been experiencing severe vibration when accelerating for the last few weeks, and it has gotten worst. I got under the car and inspected the drive shafts, and the one on the passenger side has alot of play where it goes into the tranny. I looked it up and it is the differential bearing.

I have been delaying my clutch change for awhile, and I am soooo glad now, because I can change the diff bearing while I have everything apart. My question is, can I pull the differtial out of the case without pulling all of the tranny gears and shafts out. I know that they will come out in one unit, but I would rather not have to deal with them. Man, it would be a good time to change my 3rd gear syncro, hell, and to swap some shorter gears in even.

If anyone has any imput on my situation, please post up. I don't have much money and could probably only afford the diff bearing and the cost of a shop to press it on the diff, and do all the other labor myself. I would love to have the money to swap in shorter gears or at least a 3rd gear syncro, but the kits are so expensive. Thanks.

 

You are going to have to remove the gear sets to get the diff out.

 

Check your countershaft and ring gear for any abnormal wear patterns. Sometimes a bad diff bearing can kill a counter and ring gear combo. If you could I would fix the 3rd gear problem as well since you have it open. It may be more than a synchro and usually is the sleeve and gear that have worn. Maybe you'll get lucky!! Feel free to PM me with any questions you may have.