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06-24-2009, 06:46 PM
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 | Cause of destroyed rear differential My truck is a 2004 Dodge 1500 4x4. At 22000 miles I went to an oil change center and had them change the oil in the rear limited slip differential. The specs call for synthetic gear lube 75W-140 with the limited slip additive but the oil change center put in GL5 gear oil 80/90 and no additive. At 26000 I heard noise coming from the rear end so I took it to a garage to be checked. The mechanic said the limited slip clutches broke up, forced the pins out of the housing, ground up everything inside the differential and scored the axle housing. The axle shafts are still usable but everything else has to be replaced. He and a second mechanic say the lack of the limited slip additive caused the clutches to chatter, break apart and destroy the differential. Is that the most likely cause of the problem or is there some other cause? |
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06-24-2009, 08:00 PM
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 | thats beleivable to me. That sure sucks man!
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06-24-2009, 08:46 PM
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| sounds like it could be possible...
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06-24-2009, 08:53 PM
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| i worked for a co-op changin oil fixin tires etc.. anyway that sounds right to me. we had a employee that did the same boss was not happy. got him canned. but then he f-ed something up at less once a week.lol |
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08-17-2009, 08:27 PM
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| The good news is the oil change center admitted their mistake and paid for the repairs. |
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08-17-2009, 09:53 PM
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| AWESOME! Good on them.
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08-18-2009, 10:19 PM
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| at least you didnt have to pay for it! |
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08-22-2009, 08:57 AM
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| yea no **** that would suck if you had to pay for there mistake, hopefully now it will be better then before
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08-22-2009, 09:45 PM
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| Quote:
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08-22-2009, 10:14 PM
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| glade to see you didnt have to pay for it. i bet next time they do it right |
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