The SMAC has asked for member comment on this issue. Currently, while the failures seem to be increasing, they also seem to be localized and can not be pinned down to any one problem. And while they are 'increasing', the statistical number isn't significan't enough to warrent a change given the variety of information on the subject.

Most failures seem to occur when stock bearings are left in on new builds. Some drivers have 3 years on the diff with no problems and some have 2 weekends and then failure. Weird.

AB