Hey guys, time to do my yearly fluid changes. Has anyone used the LubeLocker gaskets? Seems like a good idea but at $25 per gasket I'm not sure that ithey're much better than RTV. Anybody on here use them?

 

I'm running one in my Dana 30, seems to work great. I got it for free when I bought gears but in my opinion it's worth the $25. It sure beats scraping off rtv and putting more on every time you pull your cover

 

Thanks Mcnally. I guess they're sturdy enough to be used 4-5 times before replacing? I'm figuring between my once a year service and changing fluid after playing in water if I could use reuse them 5 times it's probably worth the $50.

 

lubelocker gaskets rock.
ive reused mine 6 times now with absolutly no leaks
front and rear

 

I put some on about 4 months ago...best 50 dollars I've ever spent...I'll replace all my diff cover gaskets with em eventually

 

People gave me crap for buying them but they worked great with my ruffstuff covers. Dragged them over rocks and never leaked a drop. I specifically bought them for when I first built my axles up so I could remove the covers change oil and check on things as needed. I have now switched to RTV. I wouldn't buy them again RTV is the way

I have gaskets for 30/8.8 if anyone wants to make an offer. I'll probably just keep them

 

$50? I'll stick to $6 rtv

 

I'll never go back to scraping RTV. You can get them for $22, and use them 5-6 times. In the long run they are cheaper than RTV.

 

Hey thanks for asking this question, I've been wondering the same thing! Sounds like most people get at least 5 re-uses out of them and for the time/money involved with RTV it sounds like it's worth it to me. They seem to be $20-25 each everywhere I've found them so the $50 is for both axles. After 5 or 6 uses, that's a little less expensive than RTV and WAY less work.

Thank you all for your info on this, I'll be giving them a try next time I do my diff's!

 

I'm thinking the same thing. At 5 uses that works out to $5 per cover removal. I can live with that. I'll be ordering them up tomorrow. Thanks guys.

 

just bought one for my solid axle cover. loved it!! super easy. no set up time. put cover on , hopped right in and drove it. not a drop yet.

 

love it!

 

Where can these be ordered. I did my rear axle this weekend and when I went to pick up a gasket for it, oriellys didn't have a lubelocker option. The parts slinger looked at me like I was crazy

 

Anywhere online really. Quadratec is where I got mine but I'm sure you'll be able to find em cheaper

 

Cheapest (with flat rate pirority shipping) would be at lubelocker.com.
Order two or even 10 and get a flat shipping rate.

GL.