Is this amount of “backlash” typical in the differential?

looks not wrong to me.

Simon

on a few cars I have this clunk noice too, think it also has to do with the springs into the clutch disc ?

or maybe all the little wear togheter makes that there is some clunk noice .

also check the splines on the drive shafts , maybe thick grease will help a little

but when you are driving and there is no ,,sound" it looks ok for me.

Simon

Thanks, Ok I guess I’ll keep looking then.  I thought maybe the clunk was like a Detroit locker type differential sort of.   Maybe I’ll check the suspension again.
I don’t notice it when driving say stop light to stop light, but most noticeable on corners or pulling into a driveway, etc.
The u joints are new and there is no play in the the halfshaft splines or the axle/wheel hub spline.     Hmmmm.

It could be the tail pipes hitting the half shafts.  It is very tight in that area.  Maybe look for wear marks, put some masking tape at that spot on the half shaft, then check for fresh wear on the tape after it clunks.

...I once had a 'Clunk'. Turned out to be the Coolant pipes hitting against the FRONT Anti-Swat Bar, everytime I drove in and out of the Driveway, and other ways. The fix is a short length of rubber hose, Split, and bundle-tied around the sway bar, at That Contact Point.

Also, on My Cat, the Right half-shaft 'can' lightly rub against the exhaust pipe...but only on a Very Hard Bounce, on the Freeway.

MJ

The LSD in a Pantera is a very strange animal. You cannot test it when the car is up on jackstands.

It will disconnect itself. It works very much like aDetoit Locker and needs resistance on the opposite tire.

The clink in this case is irrelevant.