Not to worry, Ava. My wife tells me my rear end is completely gone, too. But she’s still sticking with me. The “rear end” is your mechanic’s shorthand for the differential. The differential is ...

The pickup truck has long been a staple of the American workforce. The truck has jobs to do, things to haul and places to venture through. Some of those places can include slushy snow and mud ready to ...

There are certain pieces in hot rodding that reign supreme, they're king, top of the heap, and there's no chance of dethroning them. Be it a full-house Flathead, the big, bad Hemi, or the entire '32 ...

Since it entered my family in the 1980s, the weakest link of my 1969 Dodge Charger has been its 8-1/4-inch differential. That rear end was meant to be used behind small V8s like the 318 this car was ...

The rearend is often the last part of the drivetrain to be considered when building a car, and it usually receives attention only after something breaks. With good high-performance rearends available ...

Corvettes have been around for a long time and there’s the likelihood that they will be around for some time to come. Knowing this there’s the likelihood that the Corvette of your dreams will have ...

While it’s likely seldom done, some vehicles’ maintenance schedules do include an interval for changing the differential fluid, though perhaps only under “severe service” conditions such as frequent ...

What if the hot rod is not a racecar or mega-horse street flier, but rather a cruiser running in the mid-400-horse range that will never see the track? Building a rear end capable of withstanding 800 ...

If you regularly go bush, there’s something that might jump at you on the new 250 Series Toyota Prado’s spec sheet: a lack of locking rear differential on all but the Altitude trim. Previously, the ...