today i was wheeling and i stopmed on it form a stand still (on dirt) and i heard a tink tink tink...tink and i was like wtf but i drove a little more and it felt like a gap in something but i stopped checcked to see if there was play in the drive shaft and there wasnt any
so i put in in drive and there was a pause and then a jerk so decied time to head home on the way home after driving about 5 miles or so the rpms just jumped and the speedo went up like i was in neutral. so i pulled over and checked the drive shaft again and there was no play so i went to go get back in and put it in drive and i could hear it spinning and grinding but no going so i figured ring gear or pinion stripped so i put it in 4 hi and drove home took the diff cover off and the spider gear to the right is stripped just to let you know i have a 30x9.5x15 on that side and a 235/75/15 on the other due to putting a hole in my old tires sidewall so do you think that would make a difference on why that side went or it went period but any suggestions on what to do would be helpful thanks

 

How exactly did you think that was going to turn out?

 

Any vehicle should have matching tire size on each axle. On a 4X4 you need matching tire size on all 4 wheels.
That certainly would have been a contributing factor to the gear failure.
Replacing the spider gear (set, all 4) is pretty easy to do. Just make sure the thust washers stay in place.

 

One tire would be turning faster than the other one. Your rear end didn't fail you wrecked it by putting different sized tires on.

 

ok but do you think i need to replace anything other than the spider gears due to all the little shards of metal floating around in the fluid as i drove home?

 

You really need to get in there and have a look at the ring and pinion gears, inspecting for damage. When parts start floating around in the diff, I would be worried about gear and bearing damage.

 

ok i was just asking to make sure but that will have to wait till next weekend or so thanks for the help

 

Hope you aren't driving it still. You will for sure fubar things if you continue to drive it.

 

no not at all its parked im borrowing dads car until i get it fixed i was afraid i was going to really mess it up trying to get it home but i got it home safely which is what i most care about if i was that much of an idiot i dont think i should be driving in the first place

 

I wasn't implying anything about you with my comments above. I know many people that just assume the worst and drive their vehicles until they can fix them, often causing things to be much worse than they originally were. Just a word of caution, nothing else.