Cleaning out differential

Wasn't to bad

So I tackled this today and everything looks good. I started on the front and of course this one took the longest for me. The part that took so long was trying to pry the cover off. Ended up using a putty knife to break the seal then everything was easy after that. Scraping took a little bit as expected but not too bad. Good news is that there was no metal shavings or cracks in there. buttoned it all back up and now I can try them out on the trails. Thanks for all of the suggestions and direction! :thumb:

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Front diff cover off.
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Front diff after cleaning.
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Rear diff after cleaning.
 
Bwdesignworks said:
So I tackled this today and everything looks good. I started on the front and of course this one took the longest for me. The part that took so long was trying to pry the cover off. Ended up using a putty knife to break the seal then everything was easy after that. Scraping took a little bit as expected but not too bad. Good news is that there was no metal shavings or cracks in there. buttoned it all back up and now I can try them out on the trails. Thanks for all of the suggestions and direction! :thumb:
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Glad to hear you did it yourself. If you decide to do this again, get a dead blow hammer and beat the cover off. It works a ton faster. Prying off takes way too much work.
 
WJCO said:
Glad to hear you did it yourself. If you decide to do this again, get a dead blow hammer and beat the cover off. It works a ton faster. Prying off takes way too much work.
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This. A Harbor Freight dead blow hammer works wonders.

Nice job tackling it yourself!!
 
WJCO said:
Glad to hear you did it yourself. If you decide to do this again, get a dead blow hammer and beat the cover off. It works a ton faster. Prying off takes way too much work.
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Stotch said:
This. A Harbor Freight dead blow hammer works wonders.

Nice job tackling it yourself!!
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Thanks! Always a good feeling to get it done yourself. Was going to try a hammer but was afraid that I would crack the cover and then be in a world of hurt. I do a little woodworking and was going to make a wooden mallet but just opted for the putty knife. Will definitely head out and get me a dead blow hammer.
 
BlackKnight said:
Got mine at Lowes for $20, was going to do the pry method, heard about the hammer being easier/quicker and ran out to pick one up..
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Harbor Freight ones are more like $10-$12 and can take (and give) a beating. Obviously either one would work fine though. Just used mine last night to fix a leak on my rear differential.
 
Stotch said:
Harbor Freight ones are more like $10-$12 and can take (and give) a beating. Obviously either one would work fine though. Just used mine last night to fix a leak on my rear differential.
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Would have normally gone with the HF one, but convince dictated Lowes. My closest HF is 30-45 minutes away, Lowes was 10...
 
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