ring and pinion exploded
Hi everyone, what an awesome forum. Lots of useful tips here. Anyway, last year I bought my first jeep, a 79 CJ7 Renegade with a 360 in it. I bought it to have some fun and also to learn about vehicles. Last fall I was driving it and there was an aweful grinding towards the front. Pulled over, and noticed that the drive shaft had tons of play towards the front diff, later I revealed that the ring and pinion exploded. While i was pulled over i noticed i was leaking lots of transmission fluid, it was every where. Why would this have happened too? Could the drive shaft have hit the transmission fluid tank and cracked the gasket? Any help would be great. Thanks