Yea you shouldn't need to open your diff, it was a few years later the drain plug was nixed from production.
The valvolone flex fill bags also work well without the pump.Yea you shouldn't need to open your diff, it was a few years later the drain plug was nixed from production.
Someone advised somewhere about using bottles with a pump and that made the job easy peazy.
Thank you for the tip, ill do that thanks
I’ve always used the flex fill bags but the last diff change I got a good deal on the gallon jug and decided to try the pump. Maybe it was just me, but I felt like the pump made a bigger mess with the fill hose dripping after you pulled it out ( insert joke here). I’m going back to the flex fill bags.Yea you shouldn't need to open your diff, it was a few years later the drain plug was nixed from production.
Someone advised somewhere about using bottles with a pump and that made the job easy peazy.
It can be done, but opening it up gives you the opportunity to inspect the gears as well, so most on this forum opt to remove the cover.
It does work, but you're missing a few of the benefits of opening the cover. One of the benefits has been mentioned - you get to physically inspect the gears as well as being assured all the fluid is truly out. But also, you are able to wipe off any magnet on the inside of the cover to catch debris, and there typically is some.
I thought about it because I was feeling momentarily lazy and thought it would be nice not to have to remove two diff skids and two covers. But then I thought, How do I know I got all the old diff oil out? Then I thought what if there’s debris in there I would want to know about. So I removed the diff skids and covers. Maybe one of those endoscope inspection cameras with light.
