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Gen 2 Rear Axle Lube Change
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<blockquote data-quote="Johnny O" data-source="post: 1038848" data-attributes="member: 61743"><p>Changed the lube in the rear axle today. Gen 2's have a drain plug in the diff cover so they're easy. Best to remove the spare tire first so you can snake the fill hose through a hole in the crossmember. 3/8'' ratchet with no extension for the fill and drain plugs.</p><p>[ATTACH]1274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1278[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1280[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>In the last pic you can barely see the small wastebasket I put the lube bottle in so they don't tip over. I changed the rear axle and transfer case lube every 30k from new until I hit 150k and they both drained out pretty clean so I waited until almost 50k this time and you can see it still looks pretty clean. The drain and fill plugs have a magnet on the back side to pull out metal shavings so wipe it off with a cloth before you put them back in. Takes two quarts of 75w-140 synthetic, I used Valvoline Synpower. The pump is $8 at Harbor Freight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnny O, post: 1038848, member: 61743"] Changed the lube in the rear axle today. Gen 2's have a drain plug in the diff cover so they're easy. Best to remove the spare tire first so you can snake the fill hose through a hole in the crossmember. 3/8'' ratchet with no extension for the fill and drain plugs. [ATTACH]1274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1278[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1280[/ATTACH] In the last pic you can barely see the small wastebasket I put the lube bottle in so they don't tip over. I changed the rear axle and transfer case lube every 30k from new until I hit 150k and they both drained out pretty clean so I waited until almost 50k this time and you can see it still looks pretty clean. The drain and fill plugs have a magnet on the back side to pull out metal shavings so wipe it off with a cloth before you put them back in. Takes two quarts of 75w-140 synthetic, I used Valvoline Synpower. The pump is $8 at Harbor Freight. [/QUOTE]
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