Quote Originally Posted by QUICKSILVER462 View Post
Not that it matters now that the damage is done, but check the thrust washer behind the sun gear, it has probably failed. What happens is it sends chunks of metal in between the gears and the gears then self destruct.
its a Torrington bearing not a thrust washer. but yeah good point....far too often i seee folks do horizontal installs without using petroleum jelly to stick em into the pockets in the correct orientation.
thing is that you cant get the diff cover flush if its not in the pocket correctly....there will be a gap that you can only force and possibly snap the diff cover ears off