DIFFERENTIAL COVERS
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From: Southwest Ohio
Dorman makes zero parts that are equivalent to a Ford OEM part. I would bet that the weight of the Dorman differential cover is 30% lighter than the Ford factory cover.
Dorman makes cheap crap parts EXCEPT for their fuel line repair kit. That is a good product. Everything else they make is a turd in a box.
-- Dave
Dorman makes cheap crap parts EXCEPT for their fuel line repair kit. That is a good product. Everything else they make is a turd in a box.
-- Dave
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From: Western NY
Dorman makes zero parts that are equivalent to a Ford OEM part. I would bet that the weight of the Dorman differential cover is 30% lighter than the Ford factory cover.
Dorman makes cheap crap parts EXCEPT for their fuel line repair kit. That is a good product. Everything else they make is a turd in a box.
-- Dave
Dorman makes cheap crap parts EXCEPT for their fuel line repair kit. That is a good product. Everything else they make is a turd in a box.
-- Dave
Laughing Gas
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From: TN
Just be sure to buy bolts for the cover somewhere else besides Ford. Geebus, I like to shat me shorts when I looked at the bill for those. If it weren't that I had to have the truck to tow the camper the day I picked it up, I would have had them replace with some I could buy at Fastenal.
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Just be sure to buy bolts for the cover somewhere else besides Ford. Geebus, I like to shat me shorts when I looked at the bill for those. If it weren't that I had to have the truck to tow the camper the day I picked it up, I would have had them replace with some I could buy at Fastenal.
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From: Stephensville WI
I looked about a month ago, Banks only had a Ram/GM cover.
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I believe they are in development for our Ford's. It's not surprising that they had them for the GM/RAM trucks first as he's a GM guy and both brands use the AAM axles.
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From: DeMotte, IN
No cover is worth buying. Flatbed Ed put over 418,000 miles working his truck probably as hard as anyone on here with 0 rear end issues with the stock cover in Texas heat. It all about personal taste, gullibility and the size of your wallet on the majority of aftermarket products.
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From: Tri-Cities, TN
Worried about diff temps? Run a high quality synthetic gear lube that can withstand any temps a diff is likely to ever produce. The only reason I can really see to go to a different cover would be to rectify the one thing that drives me nuts about the OEM covers: lack of a drain plug. That makes changing the lube an unnecessary pain in the rear end.
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Worried about diff temps? Run a high quality synthetic gear lube that can withstand any temps a diff is likely to ever produce. The only reason I can really see to go to a different cover would be to rectify the one thing that drives me nuts about the OEM covers: lack of a drain plug. That makes changing the lube an unnecessary pain in the rear end.
Tuned
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From: Southwest WA
I agree, but this handy tool from harbor freight will solve that problem!
It will suck out 90W gear oil even when it's cold - it will just take little longer.
(However it is obviously best to do it right after driving while it's still hot, in order to get the contaminants out)
I use it also for brake fluid flushing etc.
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