1960 Suburban 400 differential blew apart

[soder33 4]

I still use my Suburban 400  with the 5010 transmission to plow snow.  Well I did until a couple of days ago. It just quit moving in any gear, but the shaft on the brake drum was still turning so I knew it was bad news.  I took the side cover of the trans off and found the differential, holding the spider grears had blown apart.  The teeth on the bull gear and spider gears looked pretty bad too.  I think thats what caused the diferential housing to explode.

 

Does anyone have a differential that I could buy?  I don't really need the whole trans, but would buy one if that's all thats available. 

 

 I really would like to keep the old girl running.  It has been in the family a long time, although my Dad did not buy it new.  He got it sometime in the mid 1960's and he mowed the yard with it for 30 years.  Then I got it and bought the front blade for it and have used it on my driveway since 1996.   Dad repowered it, but I have the original Kohler K91, and someday hope to rebuild it.  Eventually it's going to be retired and restored, but its still being used on a regular basis.  Heck it's younger than me, but not by much.

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Larry

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Welcome to Red Square.   There are a few people on this site that have the parts you need...start a thread in the "Wanted Section".  You need to be careful which differential housing you get.  You need to count the teeth on your bull gear and if your mushroom gear is OK, you need a differential housing with the same number of teeth as the one you have.  There are 2 different teeth counts out there.  If the other one comes along, then you need the matching mushroom gear for that differential housing.  If you end up replacing both, then you have to see if you have a needle bearing or a ball bearing in the brake drum hole.  Not hard or complicated, just want you to get the right parts the first time.  The spider gears in both types of housings are the same...as are the axle gears (should they be bad).  Here is a video showing and explaining what I am talking about...Plenty of help here on the forum, and that trans is very fixable.  If you have any questions, just ask...I may be able to help you find the parts.

 

http://s419.photobucket.com/user/stevasaurus/media/5010-2%20TRANSMISSION/2011_1102JAKESTRANNYS0001.mp4.html?sort=3&o=4

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[soder33 4]

Thanks for the welcome.  Here it is plowing snow before the problem.

 

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