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differential fluid change really necessary?
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differential fluid change really necessary?
My Jeep has 44,000 miles. I had the differential fluid changed once at 20,000.
Jiffy Lube tells me it is necessary preventative maintenance. I've read on Yahoo autos that it should last 100,000 miles. Who do I trust?
Jiffy Lube tells me it is necessary preventative maintenance. I've read on Yahoo autos that it should last 100,000 miles. Who do I trust?
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Depends on a lot of things
Towing,wheeling,tire size
My personal opinion is every 60k
I use wynns synthetic 75/90 and haven't had any problems
Towing,wheeling,tire size
My personal opinion is every 60k
I use wynns synthetic 75/90 and haven't had any problems
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If your doing a lot of water crossing yes then change it frequently, if not 60 to 75,000 is sufficient. Jiffy lube will give half truths so to increase there charge per customer ratio.
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when i got mine, the rear diff was leaking a bit, and when i opened it, it was mostly muddy water. luckily the gears were fine and nothing was broken, i just cleaned off the gears and casing with brake cleaner real good. I ended up putting Amsoil Severe Gear diff fluid in and i havent had any problems since. If i remember right, the bottle said it was good for 400k, but id have to double check that number.
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If you mostly street ride and have synthetic in it, I might think about it in another 100k. These things are so light there is very little to damage the gear oil.
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Mine gets changed every year, covers OFF. Jiffy sucks the oil out. Along with the brake fluid and Trans and TC and coolant. I wheel my XJ, anywhere, and DD 40 mile day a for work. I don't want to get stuck somewhere, Just cause I don't want to spend $40 maintaining my Jeep.
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I change mine every 6 months to a year. But that is because I have an unnerving tendency toward sinking my jeep in water around 3-4 feet deep. But once a year would be more then enough.
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i have a 157,000 and nothing has ever happened to me...and my buddy has a toy with over 200,000 with front and rear factory lockers and his is fine...its not really necessary but i doesnt hurt to do either...if you have a locker or some kind of posi then personally i would change it out every 60,000 or so
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Ive had mine for little over 4 years now and I have changed it every year and sometimes twice a year. The way I figure is that it can't hurt. Plus I have had to replace an axle so that required me to do it once in the middle of the year unplanned.
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Haven't changed mine yet. The '93 got a new axle 3 years before I bought it, though, so it's probably only got 30k on it. The '94... who knows? Probably never been done, but before I put the front on my '93 it's gonna get new seals and a fluid change.
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