Diff Cover Damage

Samuelh3

Samuelh3

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So I officially went wheeling for the first time (Holy Jim near my house doesn't count) over on Gold Mountain trail in Big Bear and as a rookie scrapped my diffs (among other things..yes it was awesome) and this happened.

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Looks like its leaking a bit. No evidence on the ground but definitely to the touch. If i run my finger on the cover I can feel the oil. I'm wondering if I should just put some silicone on it to buy me some time to replace covers or should I replace it immediately. Any advice?
 
BananaJeep

BananaJeep

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You can replace the diff cover with something beefier, or Eddie had a great (FREE!!) solution. I'll have to try and find the pictures.
 
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JKDream

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Samuelh3 said:
So I officially went wheeling for the first time (Holy Jim near my house doesn't count) over on Gold Mountain trail in Big Bear and as a rookie scrapped my diffs (among other things..yes it was awesome) and this happened.

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Looks like its leaking a bit. No evidence on the ground but definitely to the touch. If i run my finger on the cover I can feel the oil. I'm wondering if I should just put some silicone on it to buy me some time to replace covers or should I replace it immediately. Any advice?
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You can reseal it, but I would suggest taking a grinder and flap disk and smoothing out the bottom of the cover to be flush with the differential. It is less likely to peel back like that and leak. I've had a slow leak for months without issues if you don't have time right away.

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wayoflife

wayoflife

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LOL!! Yup, my FREE solution is to remove the cover, grind the bottom lip so that it sits ABOVE the diff housing and then reinstall. Costs nothing and you won't have this problem again :yup:
 
BananaJeep

BananaJeep

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JKDream said:
You can reseal it, but I would suggest taking a grinder and flap disk and smoothing out the bottom of the cover to be flush with the differential. It is less likely to peel back like that and leak. I've had a slow leak for months without issues if you don't have time right away.

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wayoflife said:
LOL!! Yup, my FREE solution is to remove the cover, grind the bottom lip so that it sits ABOVE the diff housing and then reinstall. Costs nothing and you won't have this problem again :yup:
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^^ Yes, this.
 
Judesign

Judesign

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Eddies solution works great and I've been wheeling that way for a while. One of those things I'm baffled as to why fiat/Chrysler hasn't just done already.


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wayoflife

wayoflife

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Judesign said:
Eddies solution works great and I've been wheeling that way for a while. One of those things I'm baffled as to why fiat/Chrysler hasn't just done already.
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Well, it's technically a Dana issue being that FCA buys their axles fully assembled from them. But, I agree, you'd think they'd get that figured out by now.
 
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