[___Brandon]

Hello,

I started noticing a gear oil smell following my Bronco around everywhere it went. So I pulled it in the garage thinking I needed to change a seal in the rearend or something when I found a hole in the rearend pan from the inside out! I took the pan off and found that it shattered one of the spider gears.

It is an 8.8" with 31 spline axles and the factory posi carrier.

The ring and pinion look to be undamaged.

When I replace the spider gears, is there shimming and measuring that needs to be done like needs to be done with the ring and pinion?

When I took it apart the center spider gears had a curved fitted washer behind them, and the side gears had the clutch packs behind them.

Thanks for your help,

Brandon