Doing my 15k mile Maintenance...

redline 75w-85. meets and exceeds all specs.

 

My bad... is 1 liter... do you know how many liters do it uses?

 

rear takes a little over 4, front take a little under 2. I used 6ts

 

The dealership tried to charge me 40$ a quart, how nice of them seeing as how wholesale looks to be 20 $ or so.

 

I'm going to do this shit...

I don't have a torque wrench.. which brand is affordable and good quality?

Thanks for the info!

 

if its like us, the price is the price, set by the manufacturer. I can buy certain parts online for less than our cost is at the dealer.

 

Hahahaha I'm talking about the torque wrench..

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/REDLINE-501...ash=item28164b74a9:g:YrwAAOSwNyFWdysl&vxp=mtr you can use this in the rear diff. and use 75w90 in the transfer case and front diff.

 

I made an appointment to change my diffs and transfer case at 15k, was told they had to order the fluid at 300$ after tax. I ended up buying my own at an auto parts store for @100$

 

Sorry. You don't really need a torque wrench if you are sensible using a wrench or ratchet.

 

Thanks for the info guys... I'll get everything this week and I'll do it next weekend...

 

Took the truck to the Hobby Shop on base. Lift costs 15 a hour. Just did my oil change and rotated the tires. Think I'll change diff oil soon.. I had a lot goin on so I was in a rush.. Thanks for the info guys!!

 

Nice Hobby Shop! I wish ours looked like that.

 

Castrol syntrax limited slip 75w90.

 

Hey guys! I tried to change my rear diff oil and I couldn't open the freaking bolt... I spent around half hour under the truck trying and trying and nothing... that bolt is like welded to the freaking diff....

I came from job and tryed to do it and nothing... the diff wasn't that hot... I could touch it and leave my hand on it..

So what I'm hoping is that the entire diff was to hot now after a 1 hour drive and that shit was expanded and that's why I couldn't open it... I'm going to try tomorrow morning to see...

Any thoughts?? Am I the only one???

Ps: I'm sure I was unscrewing.. or trying to haha

 

I haven't tried it yet. I don't know what to say. Guess let it cool down and try again

 

I just sprayed some wd40 just in case it help.... tomorrow I will try again and keep you posted about it...

 

didnt have much issue removing either plug on the rear diff. while mine was draining i did the breather mod. between fresh lucas 75w90 and diff breather, the howl in the rear end is greatly reduced. think my breather was already clogged too and i was surprised how much crud was on the drain plug magnet.

 

Today I went to Home Depot and bought a 1/2" galvanized tube to extend my wrench and it worked.. at the beginning I was applying force on a 9" wrench.. then with the pipe I almost had 2 feet and it worked..

I drained my oil (it was very clean) and I had some very thin particles on the magnet of my drain plug..

The funny thing is that i put a little bit less than 4 quarters... it started to drip on the filling hole so I stopped.. i close the filling bolt and moved the truck about 10 meters to the front and then parked again to make all the parts move and see if I needed to put more after that, so I opened the filling hole and it drip a little bit so I had no choice.. it was ok so I tighten everything and that's it!

 

I just finished my rear diff mod. Need to change the fluid and see if I get less noise. When I undid the breather pressure was let off like it was clogged or is that normal?