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Old 05-01-2010, 08:34 PM
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...mine was the second or third change, around 59kish...it's definitely broken in lol
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the truck has around 130k miles on it, i've only had it since december. im sure it was changed before, there was lots of silver in the oil when i changed it yesterday.
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got most of it apart today, the diff won't seperate from the case but i noticed the ring gear looks worn, theres a lip on it. this has to the source of the howl/growl. i've never had one of these apart so i don't know if theres a trick to getting the diff out.
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