I’ve had that much shavings on the magnetic drain plug when I changed mine, so I guess it’s normal? I have the LSD 44 rear.
I put more oil in it and going to run it for another 10k miles to see if I have the same amount if large flakes. I’ll post and update when I make it to that point. I only drive my vehicle maybe once a week as I have a take home car for my job.
Question for anyone on volume... I swapped fluid and took the opportunity to upgrade my diff covers. I went with the motobilt covers. I filled fluid until it ran out the fill hole. I was able to put more fluid than the 1.3/1.6 that everyone notes. Is that a bad thing? good thing? doesn't matter? should drain some out? Front took about 1.5 and rear was about 1.9....
There have been some variations between what has been required/needed with different axles/covers/models. The Motobilt covers **appear** to have more capacity than the stock covers due to the shape they have and they are "blown out" a bit versus the very tight contours of the factory covers. If it was filled to the bottom of the fill hole, I am confident you are good.
Ok. That was my thought... but didn't want to make assumtions. Like you said, it appears... like it would logically take a little more fluid. So I wasn't surprised. Wasn't sure if the fill hole rule still applied. Thanks for responding back.
I looked really hard at the Motobilt covers and would have likely bought them if a friend of mine did not have the Metal Cloak ones for a steal (sold his Rubicon). Motobilts look like they are indestructible!
Thats funny because I debated hard getting the metalcloak ones because of their front skid that covers that stupid front drain bolt. The motobilt ones are tanks though. They are all the protection I need. I ordered a couple of extra drain plugs just in case and threw them in the glove box.
Those covers are very nice!!Thats funny because I debated hard getting the metalcloak ones because of their front skid that covers that stupid front drain bolt. The motobilt ones are tanks though. They are all the protection I need. I ordered a couple of extra drain plugs just in case and threw them in the glove box.
When you pulled the stock covers off did they have the reusable gaskets ?Thats funny because I debated hard getting the metalcloak ones because of their front skid that covers that stupid front drain bolt. The motobilt ones are tanks though. They are all the protection I need. I ordered a couple of extra drain plugs just in case and threw them in the glove box.
The rubicon at least does have a reusable gasket. I had bought some gasket sealer just in case but there was a really nice reusable one already. I cleaned it off and made sure there was no damage. It looked perfect and no leaks. It looks almost identical to a lube locker gasket but black.
No, you should be fine.
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