Got some nasty noises from my rearend so, unfortunately gotta look for a replacement as it looks more expensive to rebuild it .

So, as title says, looking for a low mileage, good condition rear diff for my '05 WRX. Thanks in advance.

 

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hey man I have a r160 in great condition, sitting in my room and I need to get rid of it, its yours if you want it.

 

hey just a question, what kind of noise is it and when does it make the sound. I want to know just for future reference.

 

Its random bearing noise, can't really hear it when the car is on the ground, more of a slight grinding or vibration you can feel once in awhile but once it's up on the hoist and you run it in a higher gear at an idle (5th gear at an idle @ 30-40mph iirc) its pretty loud. Used a stethoscope to pinpoint it and its a pop/clunk from the diff snout a few inches back from the pinion yoke. Fluid was pretty dirty too




*edit* Looks like I'll be picking up a diff from Chris (sanjosuby), tonight.

 

any chance you want to 'dnoate' that old noisy diff to me?

-Richard

 

As it is right now I've put over 500 miles on since I started this thread because I didn't have time to swap in the other one I just picked up so the diff (and I'm assuming the carrier is still in good (rebuildable) shape and the ring and pinion is still good. Unless I could get around $100 out of it would almost be worth it for me to keep and put new bearings in and sell or keep as a spare. Let me know if you're interested though.