Don't think it would be that hard to line up but my buddy is always at my house one of those friends that can just walk through the front door like he lives there he is here so much lol

But while the cover is off its definitely gonna get a coat if silver and some clear. But I thought it needed like 5qt I think that's what the Haynes manual said.

 

mine took 2 quarts and like half a bottle of amsoil lsd stuff i know the amsoil fluid was good i just wanted to makes ure i had the lsd stuff in it too so i have an extra bottle layin around now haha

 

I was looking around and apparently the k&n stuff has the additives in it already but the stuff is 20 bucks a bottle. Playmaker how much was urs?

 

If you have a LSD then my advice is to replace it with an aftermarket LSD asap. After 100k these are known to tear themselves apart. Mine just did it last spring and the Dodge dealer wanted $2700 to replace everything in the pumpkin! It would have been cheaper to get a complete rear end from the junkyard, but then that would either be an open diff which I hate in trucks, or another high mile LSD that will tear itself apart. I ended up having an Auburn LSD ($425) installed, cost about $1500 with parts (bearings, R&P, seals, etc.) and labor. Had I known this was a common issue beforehand it would have probably cost $600 for the Auburn, new oil, and labor.

 

Yea I got two words for that: College Student

Ain't got that kinda money to throw around, front hub needs to be replaced and me doing it at home is gonna put a strain on the funds, plus school is starting back up in the next couple of weeks and im gonna be putting 100mi on my truck like everyday of the week goin in between work, home, and school

 

so im prolly gonna go get a hub assembly at some point to change out on the front this week, i would get my parts from advanced cause i prefer them over autozone but their reviews on their parts aren't that good, so looks like im gonna have to go to autozone, whats the difference between timken and duralast, is one better than the other? is it worth the price difference to go with the timken?

 

You would know it if you were having shudders due to the pinion bearing. Your differential will probably look really good when you pop it open. Maintained differentials are happy differentials. Just by keeping up with the gear oil changes will help your rear end last an uber long time. Just pop the cover, clean it all nice, clean the gasket surface REAL good and (I prefer the black high temp rtv sealant) and seal it ( I used both a gasket and rtv sealant).

Differentials are actually pretty simple to do rountine maintenance on. People just get intimidated (like I used to) because it is such an infrequent thing to work on.

 

i got 2 quarts of 80w-90 for the front 3 quarts of 75w-90 for the rear and a thing of lsd additive from amsoil's site for 73 shipped give or take a few bucks

 

thats for everything? that aint bad, if i wanted to do just 3qts of the royal purple stuff it would be 60 bucks lol but i wouldn't need the additive

 

bump, anybody know if both wheel hubs need to be replaced at the same time or should i be fine just replacing the driver's side, im gonna prolly pick up the timken brand from autozone tomorrow when i get paid