I need some help ASAP

Ive got a 2014 wrangler sport 6 speed with 3.21 gears and open carriers, pulled my rear diff cover today to find out that my spider gears are chipped, if it is not covered under warranty by the dealer for various reasons, an aussie locker is the easiest most affordable diy option for me, so my concern is this: ive heard that with some gears the cross shaft that holds the spider gears in cannot be removed without pulling the carrier and removing the ring gear as some ring gears are thicker, and interfere with the path that the shaft needs to slide out of, does anyone know if this is the case with my 3.21's? Or can i simply slide it out past my ring gear? Im not looking for someone to talk me out of the aussie locker as i have had one before and i know about their road manners, but anyone else with personal experience or other relevant information, your help is very much appreciated!!

This is the only picture i took before i put it all back together as i need to drive it to work tomorrow so unfortunately i cannot just go look at it for myself

I have only had experience with a Chrysler 9.25 axle when it comes to this type of problem, but yes I believe you would have to completely disassemble it to remove the spider gears. Unless the dealer could prove you were out thrashing the crap out of the rear-end I don't see why they wouldn't cover it, seems straight forward to me. Make them fix it.

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From what I see it looks alright. It maybe just be normal wear and tear. But the picture is hard to tell.

Why did you open it up to begin with? Was it making noise?


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in the picture it looks like the spider gears are blue like they overheated. how what the oil level when you removed the cover?

looking at the picture, it looks like the cross shaft will slide out. Typically most numerically lower gears are shallow enough to allow the cross shaft to slide out. but removing the carrier is not that bad either. you just need a torque wrench to put the gear back on and the bearing caps. if you do remove it, make sure you mark each side bearing cap and make sure you re-install them on the same side and the same orientation.

You asked for no one to talk you out of aussie as you've had one before so I won't do that.

Automatic lockers have a tendency to make 12+ jks go crazy and even into limp mode if driven on hwy. Just letting you know.

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13_gecko_rubi said:

You asked for no one to talk you out of aussie as you've had one before so I won't do that.

Automatic lockers have a tendency to make 12+ jks go crazy and even into limp mode if driven on hwy. Just letting you know.

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This is only for the automatics, he has a manual.

JKDream said:

This is only for the automatics, he has a manual.

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Ah. Ya then totally ignore me obviously lol

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