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got in my truck today after work and put it in drive went 3in. forward and the same in reverse, it wouldnt move. was gonna load it on a trailer but called a wrecker instead and had it towed to my dads. drained the gear-oil, pulled 1 axle couldnt hardly budge the other one, gotta get an axle puller. after draining it i ran my finger in the drain hole and i could feel bolts!!! 3 ring gear bolts were laying in the bottom of the housing, 1 was jammed between the housing and the ring gear which explains why it wasnt moving. i have not a clue as to why this happened, i used loctite and torqued to specs. the only thing i can figure is that the loc-tite i used has been in my dads shop for years, it was like red water, does it go bad? im fearful of pulling the chunk tomorrow of what ill find. locker works fine, but prolly full of metal, ma i hope it aint too bad!

Sounds just about like my luck...

It's a Nissan. Just bolt it back together with an impact wrench and get on with your life.

Man that sucks i hate that i dont think that stuff goes bad unless it dries up i have seen that. Rez thats how i live when i put the motor in my truck thats how i did it!

Reserector Wrote:It's a Nissan. Just bolt it back together with an impact wrench and get on with your life.

you sound pretty sure it didt hurt nothing, wished i was

That sucks but if you need me/ want me to ride out i'm more than willing to come give you a hand. Just let me know. Brandon B.

thanks bud, may look at it tomorrow........hopefully

so if the rimg and pinion is messed up i guess its a good thing you know someone fixen to do a gear swap!

better hurry, if mine are messed up ill need yours asap!

well, if you drove into the space fine, I doubt you did any damage. as Res said, bolt it back in and move on.