Posted by Paul Shuler on February 20, 2017 at 08:10:24 from (170.29.1.10):
I was reading someone else's post a week or two ago about changing the oil in the rear differential of his pickup and how bad it looked. It got me to thinking I should do mine. I have done quite a bit of tractor hauling and made two long towing trips up and over the Rockies and I have never serviced mine. I plan to haul a tractor up to Red power this June from Springfield MO so I thought I should do it. Then I opened my manual and saw that they recommend doing it at 50k miles. Ooops I have 95K on my 2008 Duramax. So I decide to do that and the transmission fluid also. When I drained the rear I was surprised that it looked just as good as the new stuff I put back in. I was wasn’t going to do the front cause if I understand it right it only turns when in 4 wheel drive and with all the mild winters we have had around here I bet I don’t have 200 miles on this truck in 4wd. But to my amazement when I drained the front diff the fluid looked awful. Looked like about half water and it had a lot of fillings on the magnetic drain plug and the rear had none that I could see. I have owned the truck since new and know for a fact the front end has never been under water so all I can guess is its condensation from lack of use and never getting warmed up. I am glad I went ahead and changed it. I may try and remember to run the 4wd on gravel roads and such once in a while just to warm it up from now on. Lol, I'm sure nobody cares about any of this but I found it interesting. The pic is the ole Duramax and my best friend.
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