Originally Posted by metalnut

I'm going through my build slowly (as I've been sick) and just finished building the ball diff. Did anyone else have their ball diff parts covered in some sort of brown/rusty dirt or clay-like crap? I'm not sure if it's factory protective grease that caked up or what, but there were chunks of it stuck inside the cups and all over the parts. What the hell is it?

In addition, the inner diameter of one of the thrust bearing plates was pretty damn tight. I used that one as the "outer" one, under the adjuster, but I was barely able to force it on. Hrm.

Otherwise the build is going ok. A little more slop in the suspension than I was expecting from Serpent, but I shimmed what I could and it's ok. The plastic seems super meaty, but I do think it'll get sloppy just like my TLR. May need metal inserts.