Gen 2 Rear Axle Lube Change

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Johnny O

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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.
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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.
 
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yup, About right....
 

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