Zooguy
SILVER Star
So this is a one banana job only took me around 4 hours to do this and I've never done it on a vehicle before.
I started at the rear which in my opinion was a little more difficult because I wanted to extend the axle breather all the way up to where the gas filler cap was located.
The factory front and rear axle breathers are fantastic with the exception that they are a one-way check valve so when the differential heats up and a little bit of pressure builds up inside it can vent that pressure but when the differential cools back off the check valve closes and you wind up with a little bit of a vacuum. Depending on several factors you potentially could suck water in from your axle seals because of this check valve style breather. So in the rear because I didn't tie it into the front breather I use just a simple lawn mower fuel filter to keep dirt and dust particles from working their way into the differential housing.
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So now at least in the rear I could potentially get into water all the way up to the fuel door without worrying about water getting into the rear differential
I started at the rear which in my opinion was a little more difficult because I wanted to extend the axle breather all the way up to where the gas filler cap was located.
The factory front and rear axle breathers are fantastic with the exception that they are a one-way check valve so when the differential heats up and a little bit of pressure builds up inside it can vent that pressure but when the differential cools back off the check valve closes and you wind up with a little bit of a vacuum. Depending on several factors you potentially could suck water in from your axle seals because of this check valve style breather. So in the rear because I didn't tie it into the front breather I use just a simple lawn mower fuel filter to keep dirt and dust particles from working their way into the differential housing.
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So now at least in the rear I could potentially get into water all the way up to the fuel door without worrying about water getting into the rear differential