Changed Front Diff Fluid Today!!

treatcg said:

Do you have a list of parts needed? Hose size? Any special fittings?

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shooterAMG said:

Guys, local shop near my I trust says that his book calls for full removal of the axle or diff or something that takes 5 hours! I am not paying 5 hours of labor to do this. I'm more than willing to try it myself, but has anyone gone to a shop for this work?


Thanks in advance,

Todd

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TargetBow said:

I thought this would be fairly easy but once I unbolted the front cover and let the fluid drain out, I was unable to remove the cover from the vehicle. I spent hours trying to get it past the steering parts located in front of the front diff. I tried jacking up the vehicle, lowering the vehicle but all efforts were worthless. The cover would move but would get stuck between the steering parts and the ring gear, it would try to wedge itself in between the two.
Finally I stopped trying to get it off and just cleaned it up the best I could and put silicone on the mating surface and bolted everything back up and put Amsoil Severe Gear® 75W-140 in the diff per Chris's recommendation.

The next time I want to change the front diff fluid I will take it to the dealer unless someone on this forum has any pointers for me.

I looked on the forum for answers by searching but the only thread I could find was this one.http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f7/1500-mile-break-service-13373/
which said it was possible to get off, but I just couldn't get it.

The only water the vehicle ever sees is on the road on rainy days, I never had it in deep water and still have the same issue with factory fluid looking milky and grayish.



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TargetBow said:

Took the raptor to the dealer to have the front diff fluid changed on 4 Dec 2015 and they spent about 2.5 hours on it.
I told the service tech that I brought it in thinking that they new an easy way to remove the cover from the vehicle once it was unbolted but they did not.
They said that they ended up dropping the axle assembly slightly in order to remove the cover. I asked if this procedure is in the service manual instructions which I can't find, and they said yes. The tech did ask other techs if there was an easier way but they did not no of any. I just hope they knew what they were doing and I don't have any issues with the axle assembly now.

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