I have a 1997 K1500 Z71 5.7 liter V8. Recently had a gear failure a bearing exploded inside the diff and shredded the inside and anything around it. I bought a new rear end from a junkyard but noticed the new differntial was open and not locking. I want to reuse the Z71 differntial instead of the 4x4 diff but the chips had me worried.I wanted to know if it was possible I could run this differntial housing even with all the chips or if I needed to just stick with the open and downgrade her temporarily.