Ram Differential Cover Question
Hi All. I am looking for a bit of advice. I have a 2010 Ram 2500. Overall, I really like it and it tows our trailer well. One thing we noticed right away, though, was that the rear differential ...
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Does the paint 'burn off' on it?? If so, it's getting pretty hot IMO..
On my old F150 with a 9.75" rear end, the first time I changed the gear fluid, it found the previous owner had covered it with spray on undercoating! To me, that would not allow the cover to dissapate the heat very well..
So, I removed all that to bare metal and used just your basic cheap grey primer and then a couple of coats of basic cheap black paint (rattle cans BTW) and expected to see the paint 'burn off', and then I'd at least know how hot the diff was getting.. Well, in the 12 years I owned it, it never burned off, and I never had to repaint it.. I changed the fluid a couple of times and just cleaned it off and it looked great!
Or, pop for a nice finned aluminum cover... ;)
Good luck!
Mitch
On my old F150 with a 9.75" rear end, the first time I changed the gear fluid, it found the previous owner had covered it with spray on undercoating! To me, that would not allow the cover to dissapate the heat very well..
So, I removed all that to bare metal and used just your basic cheap grey primer and then a couple of coats of basic cheap black paint (rattle cans BTW) and expected to see the paint 'burn off', and then I'd at least know how hot the diff was getting.. Well, in the 12 years I owned it, it never burned off, and I never had to repaint it.. I changed the fluid a couple of times and just cleaned it off and it looked great!
Or, pop for a nice finned aluminum cover... ;)
Good luck!
Mitch
