Help! 8.8 posi is stiff after rebuild

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Old 12-05-2017, 01:03 PM
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Help! 8.8 posi is stiff after rebuild

I installed new clutch packs in a 2004 f150. I got everything back in the diff the spider gears turned back into place but when I got rotate one axle it's like a welded rear end? The other side won't rotate in the opposite direction and instead of the spider gears spinning the whole different spins? Any help or answers would be appreciated!
 
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Old 12-05-2017, 01:08 PM
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Did you soak the clutch packs in friction modifier overnight before installing? Did you use synthetic 75W140 with friction modifier in the diff?


 
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Old 12-05-2017, 01:13 PM
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I soaked them for about an hour in 75w140
 
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Probably more like 3 hours of soaking
 
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Old 12-05-2017, 01:18 PM
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Also installed now spider gears and side gears because the old ones were pretty much gone
 
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Old 12-05-2017, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by glc
Did you soak the clutch packs in friction modifier overnight before installing? Did you use synthetic 75W140 with friction modifier in the diff?


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Old 12-05-2017, 01:45 PM
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I think it's supposed to work that way. When you drive it, does it chatter? Does it lock up when you step harder on the gas?
 
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You don't soak them in 75W140, you soak them in friction modifier, and you add friction modifier to the 75W140 when you fill up the diff.
 




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