Hoo boy this got a little more spicy now that I opened it up!
I removed the brakes and the first thing I noticed was the side with the leak's axle was being held in place by the brake mounting, not the C-clip in the diff. Came right out in my hand!
Then I drained the hy-tran...
The axle looked ok. Little bit of indication there's been a lot of heat in the bearing though. Bearing itself felt fine, but when I put my finger on it the needle bearings were loose.
I scooped and squeegeed out the hytran from the diff that wouldnt drain with a gloved hand. Uncovered the missing C-clip. How does that even fall off??? It appeared undamaged.
The diff plate and the nooks and crannies were covered in what appeared to be a white granular goop, much like the undissolved sugar in the bottom of a glass of sweet tea. Is that just indicative of old hytran with a little but not catastrophic amounts of water?
So before I do ANYTHING else, what should I be thinking? I'm not going to hose anything out with brake clean, but I am going to try and get all the sugar out of there.
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