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Old 06-20-2017, 07:40 PM
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These are oem diff mounts, correct?



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Old 06-20-2017, 07:56 PM
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Look just like my worn out stock mounts.
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Old 06-20-2017, 08:44 PM
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Thanks thats what i thought.

i paid a shop a lot of money last year to do things, and they installed almost everything incorrectly, and didnt instal the huge, bright red diff bushings.

time for small claims court.
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Those look like OEM diff isolators, the big red bushing is pressed into the diff arm. They look like they were installed.
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Old 06-20-2017, 11:37 PM
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I looked pretty closely, couldnt see any red. The diff bushings looked like big red tophats, they relpace the wavy rubber things, and give a solid mount to the diff?

or so I thought.
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The poly diff bushings replace two pieces: the rubber and steel insert that sits inside the diff arm, and the rubber on that lower steel plate. You have to torch the rubber of that lower steel plate, and it clearly hasn't been done. As far as the upper bushing, it looks like a steel lip poking out up above the diff arm? That looks like an oe bushing.
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That shop bent you over hard and sent you out the backdoor.
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Upper is poly, lower is OEM. Lowers are not touching the diff mount, that's the telltale.
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