I still pull the cover at certain intervals just to check internals and to wipe out the bottom cavity to remove accumulated metal "goop".
Thank you! One last question is it bad to use the performance gasket and follow instructions so no permatek black and use ford bolts...will it leak?
It would depend on how mismatched the gasket surfaces are. The caveat is you can't crank down too much without either stripping a bolt or smashing the gasket too much.
I had ordered a fresh reusable gasket, upon delivery the parts guy saw that it came with its own Fibreglass? Gasket and shelved the one we ordered.
wait we have a fricken barb on non locker front diffs? WtfJust finished mine up at 7500 miles Base with no lockers and the rear was very dark and full of metal, front was about 75% as bad. Glad I changed them as they looked like 60-80k miles not 7500. The transfer case was fairly clean but the magnet did have a lot of metal on it.
One side note for those of you with the M190 front as mentioned earlier in this thread there's a male barb and not a fill bolt like the M210. I knew this going in but didn't realize how big a PITA it would be. When I tried to put a small hose over the barb then squeeze fluid in it would pressurize and spray all over making a mess. I used a small MT Bike syringe from my hydraulic MTB brake bleed kit and the hose fit inside the male barb. Even this very small hose barely had enough room to let air out as fluid went in.
Here's the pic from earlier in this thread of the barb.
Wanted to say thanks for all the info in this thread!!
It's for the axle vent and definitely a PITA if that is the only way to add oil.
So no full plug? That’s the fill.
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Not sure. I have the M210 and it has a drain and fill plug.So no full plug? That’s the fill.
Just finished mine up at 7500 miles Base with no lockers and the rear was very dark and full of metal, front was about 75% as bad. Glad I changed them as they looked like 60-80k miles not 7500. The transfer case was fairly clean but the magnet did have a lot of metal on it.
One side note for those of you with the M190 front as mentioned earlier in this thread there's a male barb and not a fill bolt like the M210. I knew this going in but didn't realize how big a PITA it would be. When I tried to put a small hose over the barb then squeeze fluid in it would pressurize and spray all over making a mess. I used a small MT Bike syringe from my hydraulic MTB brake bleed kit and the hose fit inside the male barb. Even this very small hose barely had enough room to let air out as fluid went in.
Here's the pic from earlier in this thread of the barb.
Wanted to say thanks for all the info in this thread!!
I don’t have the M190 either, but there should be a fill plug on the drivers side of the diff next to where the halfshaft goes in. Drain is bottom passenger side.
I’ll have to crawl under and check. Thanks for looking out.I don’t have the M190 either, but there should be a fill plug on the drivers side of the diff next to where the halfshaft goes in. Drain is bottom passenger side.
so you could just connect a hose and run it up higher to prevent water intrusion?
Correct. ARB has one, but someone posted up a parts list so that you can do all 4 for similar cost of the ARB kit which only handles 2.
