Diff output flange moves

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smithy318i
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Post Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:53 am

Hi everyone.

I noticed th other day when i jacked the rear of the car up, that the drivers side output flange moved in and out (just like the picture below)

Im almost sure it isnt supposed to! or is it ?

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Eddy
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Post Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:06 am

no :)
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Post Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:35 am

Sounds like one of your trailing arms is dropping lower then it should, or one of your halfshafts is too short.

The output flanged click into place pretty tightly, they won't pull out without force.
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Post Thu Dec 15, 2005 9:07 pm

May be the locking ring is missing ?

I was going to take a picture of it for you but i've just bust my digi cam by dropping a dif on it ! :cry:

Any way................ if you pull the out put flange off and look into the inside of the dif just past the oil seal there should be a wire ring type thing, thats the locking ring.