I never see silver S197s, looks great!!View attachment 74931 Been enjoying this nice weather the last couple of days.
Somebody is getting a booty trans plant.. also found the source of my roaring. Pinion bearing.
I did the same thing earlier this year, on my back in the garage. It sucked!
How long did it take you to get it done? With your car half in/half out of the garage I assume it was less than a day.
Just jerk the whole diff out and work on it on the bench.
By the way Anti; That is one nasty looking bearing.
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