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04-16-2007, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Just outside Durham, NC
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Eaton diff. cover
So I pulled my eaton third out this weekend......(sitting under your truck, legs outstretched waiting for a 130lbs. piece of cast-iron to fall into your lap is not fun!)
Anyway, I decided to pull the gears and the cover, clean everything up, paint the cover, and button it all up with the new gears. My question is this, It looks as if the rear cover can go on in two orientations. One puts the fill plug just below the axles, and the other puts it just above the axles. Would I be better served to rotate the cover 180 degrees and locate the fill plug to just above the axles, or is this only going to full my axle tubes with wasted gear oil? I was also treated to the sight of a machined groove inside of my diff. cover, thought that bump in the rear cover was factor.....turns out its just REALLY old.....but it looks like the old gear machined a very tiny clearance cut....does anyone make a rock guard for the eaton rears?
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