dashhho
Well-Known Member
Well I am pretty ticked but maybe I am rushing to conclusions a bit. I just did a ~2000 mile trek across the country in my '05 B4000 4WD. I went to pull the plastic flaps out of the wheel well today to see where the 02 senors were and I seen a bunch of oil thrown around the the lower control arm and where the CV connects to the diff (on the drivers side). Well I checked the oil in the front diff and it is pretty damn low, I'm guessing the axle seal must have gone sometime and I am sure the heatwave did not help the situation...sucks I did not notice it and put on so many miles driving across the country in 4 days.
What are your bets? Is my front diff toasted? It is not making any offensive noises...just yet. I think it groans a tad bit when I slow down at very slow speeds though. My first thought is to dump the oil (check for shavings) and refill. Drive it for a few days and dump the oil again (check for shavings again) and see what happens. My thought was best case is I put a bunch of wear on it but can still get a bit of life out of it before having to rebuild. Thoughts?
What are your bets? Is my front diff toasted? It is not making any offensive noises...just yet. I think it groans a tad bit when I slow down at very slow speeds though. My first thought is to dump the oil (check for shavings) and refill. Drive it for a few days and dump the oil again (check for shavings again) and see what happens. My thought was best case is I put a bunch of wear on it but can still get a bit of life out of it before having to rebuild. Thoughts?