My Rear end is smokin hot!

[shmoov69]

Lmao!

Well, it was too hot to touch for sure, but that don't tell me how hot it was. Just hot! The exhaust (4" single) dumps right on the right side in front of the pumpkin with a turndown. I know the level was correct because I checked before we left, so it wasn't overfull. It wasn't making any different noises than the normal locker clanking and clunking. Is it normal for a rear to get that hot when road racing?
So it sounds like I need to check it and change the fluid and put a resivoir/breather on it correct?

Thanks!

[JRouche]

Lmao!

Well, it was too hot to touch for sure, but that don't tell me how hot it was. Just hot! The exhaust (4" single) dumps right on the right side in front of the pumpkin with a turndown.

Ohh, thats the problem. Not the gears heating up the rearend but the exhaust heating it up. Got a non contact thermometer? If not get one. They have come way down in price and have many useful purposes.

You could easily see what the temp of the housing is with it. The gear oil wont be much lower. You could check that with a thermometer poked down into the level check plug. But I dont think you would need too. The gear oil will get as hot as the case.

The non contact temp meters are great for checking for "cool" cylinders too. Say one or two that are running 20-50 degrees cooler than the other cylinders. Shoot the exhaust tubes.

Find hot spots in a radiator. Tire temps. Shock temps. Tranny case temps. Rearend temps. Bearing temps. Good for a really quick trailer wheel bearing check. A/C clutch bearing temps. Engine intake temps. Like a before and after check when troubleshooting and installing a heat insulator. Floor pan temps before and after insulation. Ignition wire temp checks.

I could go on and on. There are so many temperatures that I need to see or some that Im just curious about. With a non-contact thermometer it is quick and easy. Not to mention ALL the other stuff around the shop and house that I want to know what is going on with the temp.

Oh, and I dont think you did any heat treating damage to the gears or bearings. You would have to be up there in temp, around 400*. I dont think you were that high. You would have seen alot of smoke before the tempering range of the hardened steel components got warm enough. JR