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Spook50

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I changed the oil in my rear diff just ove 4K miles ago, and when I drained it today (opted to pull out the axle shafts instead of destroying my backing plates for the RDB job), the oil was all black and gross. I looked at everything I could in the diff and axle, but couldn't find anything wrong. Sure looks like something's wearing way faster than it should be though, and I don't like that one bit. Any thoughts on what could be wearing fast enough to make my oil all nasty so quick? Going from a bright clear/gold color to grey-ish black in such a short amount of time gets me a bit worried.

In other news, I think I've figured out how to rig the ebrake cable and I'm going to go ahead and remove the LSPV and install the Wilwood prop. valve. I had originally planned to retain the LSPV, but since I'll be removing it when I eventually lift the truck, I decided to just go ahead and do it while I've got the brake lines all opened up.
 
Are you going to post any pics and or a write up of this???? It sure would be a great help to all teh people that wanna follow in your foot steps:) :)
 
calfj60 said:
Are you going to post any pics and or a write up of this???? It sure would be a great help to all teh people that wanna follow in your foot steps:) :)

Oh yeah, it'll be part of a big article on getting the absolute best braking possible for a 60 series. It'll include everything I've done, including the hydroboost I have planned.
 
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