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Old 10-24-2018, 03:35 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by gravitylover View Post
Done. I took it for a couple of miles at varying speeds with a few uphill starts, the noise is still there but nowhere near as loud as it was and the shudder is gone. The guy that did it said the old fluid "wasn't lubrication anymore" and there was a fair bit of shavings on the plug but nothing he would be concerned about especially at 108k. I'll give it a better run tomorrow after I do the front brake pads and rotors.
Yeah my diff fluid was changed out around 20k and i just did it at 77k. It looked pretty bad at 50k. But that's purely visual inspection. Going around corners fast feels a lot smoother though.

I'm thinking about swapping out the diff fluid every 30-40k now
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