Front Differential Failure Club

[Valhalla]

6 months ago it had diff service. There is a thread on potential problems with overfill on the service. I will know more next week when it goes in.

They never told me squat about mine when it failed, just that they had to ship it off to Ford.

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[crzyhawk]

How many miles? Any symptoms? Also what front diff is it - m190 or m210?

Badlands are all M210

 

[White Zombie]

Problem with overfill? Could you add that link, please.

6 months ago it had diff service. There is a thread on potential problems with overfill on the service. I will know more next week when it goes in.

 

[Fordified1]

Problem with overfill? Could you add that link, please.

I wondered the same thing, I don’t see how there’s any way over filling a differential could cause damage. Maybe blown seals because of thermal expansion, then loss of lubrication? But that doesn’t jive if they are vented.

 

[Gopher]

It's difficult to overfill a differential given the full line is at the fill plug.

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