What have you done to your 200 Series this week? (31 Viewers)

[gasman4u]

new HPL diff and tcase fluid front to back and greased the zerks pushing out old (different brand) grease. Which was easy and mess free (sarcasm). The lock N lube fittings and a judicious battery powered grease gun for the spider yokes was clutch compared to the manual type. I'm close to 90k on the odo. What's everyone's typical interval for tcase/diff fluid? 30k? More? TIA.

 

[bloc]

I'm close to 90k on the odo. What's everyone's typical interval for tcase/diff fluid? 30k? More? TIA.

I have 30k in my spreadsheet and I believe that is the “severe service” schedule. Unless you’re contaminated from water crossings or the like I can’t see needing more often than that. Our diff gears especially are very high quality materials and machining and as a result tend to be easy on the fluids.

 

[gasman4u]

I have 30k in my spreadsheet and I believe that is the “severe service” schedule. Unless you’re contaminated from water crossings or the like I can’t see needing more often than that. Our diff gears especially are very high quality materials and machining and as a result tend to be easy on the fluids.

Given I don't do water crossings, etc I'll gladly start adding a little more to my interval. Thanks for this. The fluid looked good when I drained it and minimal debris on the magnetic drain plugs.

 

[jpneely]

Elsie has been getting a good amount of love this week!

With nearly 230k miles on her (23k since I bought her May 2024), she got new OEM shocks. Long, annoying story, but I had a parts credit at a local dealership and needed spend it down quickly. An independent shop put on the front spacer and the shocks. I took off the side steps this afternoon. Alignment later this week. Prepping for two long roadtrips this summer.

Looking at a cargo box - Thule Motion 3 XL Low - any opinions?
(Yes I know FB marketplace and Craigslist have boxes half price, but I have been shopping for a while and haven't found what I am looking for.)




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Just as food for thought, I’ve used both Yakima and Thule and thought the Yakima seemed more robust and less flimsy. The Thule I have has broken both hinges in the past 2 years. I didn’t use the Yakima long enough to break anything but it seemed more well built.

 

[aM200]

None are like the other. Lesson learned rear upper trailing arms from the LC are not the same as those for the LX. The LX (bottom two) arms have brackets for height sensors.

Another fun fact, upper arms are asymmetric in length. Just as driver vs passenger springs are asymmetric.

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Not to mention the sensor brackets changed somewhere along the way. Dirty ones in my pics are original from 2008.

 

[Artie]

new HPL diff and tcase fluid front to back and greased the zerks pushing out old (different brand) grease. Which was easy and mess free (sarcasm). The lock N lube fittings and a judicious battery powered grease gun for the spider yokes was clutch compared to the manual type. I'm close to 90k on the odo. What's everyone's typical interval for tcase/diff fluid? 30k? More? TIA.

severe duty for diffs is 15k, t-case is 30k.

 

[wjcunningham3]

Just as food for thought, I’ve used both Yakima and Thule and thought the Yakima seemed more robust and less flimsy. The Thule I have has broken both hinges in the past 2 years. I didn’t use the Yakima long enough to break anything but it seemed more well built.

Well - that is one reason I went with new and not FB market place. Here’s hoping the Thule is still a good product because it is being installed on Friday!

 

[jpneely]

Well - that is one reason I went with new and not FB market place. Here’s hoping the Thule is still a good product because it is being installed on Friday!

We still use the hell out of it! Still holds up to being fully loaded and rolling 80+ down the highway!