Good luck, if your gears look good and the only thing looking to be the problem is the LSD PM me I have a few
They are not hard to install and I will give you a "how to install"

 

Bought a diff today from an 05 with 20k miles on it for $475. Ordering J's 2 way LSD and 4.44 final drive UMM this is getting expensive lol.

 

Check out the chunk when my diff took a crap...And my core/housing was actually ok. Somehow this broke after a normal 1-2 shift. Must have been fatigued from all the track time. Its funny because it makes your chunks look pathetic

 

my diff is making a clunking noise when i go around turns as well. It sounds like the prop shaft is stopping for a second, then starting to move again. The diff makes no noise, at any other time, and has made the noise for at least 2-4k miles... Is that the same kinda noise you heard? I am running LE607, or whatever the name of the older LE stuff

 

do you have any pics of the damage?

 

Mine did the same thing for about 1 year to a year and a half before it finally broke. But the clunk was only audible at parking lot speeds (6-13) and only while turning...like into a parking spot.

 

do you remember doing anything in particular when it finally broke? did it get worse before it broke?

 

Silver9k lol yeah your chunk is much bigger, but its the same part of the LSD that broke.

Soul Coughing Mine was doing the same thing. I drag raced, typically launching at 7k. And I brag about chirping third on the street Haha bound to happen sooner or later. I think the AP1 LSD's are just weak, they did change them didn't they?

 

Nothing unusual up to the point when it broke. I just had a clunking for the longest time, and never knew what it was (I firsted noticed the clunking after a day at the autox). I changed the diff fluid and nothing was on the drain plug, it looked clean, the diff made no other weird or new noises. So I just let it be, I figured it would blow up someday and was saving for a new diff...then it happened to just give out while I was driving around one day. I wasn't more then 5-6 miles from home, so I drove it back with it simply making a rediculously loud whining noise. I ordered a new diff from HTG swapped the diff's, opened mine up and found the problem.

For me it was not part of the LSD at all. That is actually almost a full tooth off of the pinon gear. Or about 3/4 of the tooth.

But yes AP1 diffs are pretty weak, I now have 4.57 rear gears and comptech reinforced ends...no problems at all.

 

Oh it looked like LSD chunk, hard to tell in the photos Does anyone know of a link that says the new(04+) diff is stronger? Heard it from more than one person but havent read it, dont know where to find it really.