Axle Question
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From: canada
Axle Question
hey i took my truck out 4x4ing and got er stuck in the mud and water seaped into my diff's and then when i dropped my diff plate all there was in with the crown and spider gears was mudd and sludge, so i took it all out and put new oil in the diff and then drove er for a bit and then dropped that oil and placed new oil back in. Anything i should worry about ?
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From: Delavan, IL
Agreed. I am a fan of cleaning everything out with some brake clean. It's a pretty good solvent and it will evaporate rather quickly too. Then I just make sure everyhting gets a good coat of oil before it decides to rust.
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I tend to agree with Torque1st. The bearings do not like that kind of stuff in there, heak they don't like being spun after a good cleaning, and no lube. How much crap was actually in there? How did it get in there? Did you fix that problem so it will not happen again? Re-route the vent tube, how is the other axle? I am assuming that it encountered the same mud hole, how about the t-case, and the trans, did they stay out of harms way?
