Rear differential covers
I’m getting ready to have the rear diff serviced and am considering adding an aluminum cover with heat sink. Have you gone this route? Does it make any significant difference? I have 155,000 miles...
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Me Again wrote:ScottG wrote:LIKE2BUILD wrote:ScottG wrote:GordonThree wrote:
If casting fins into the housing cover solved any problems, wouldn't the manufacturer be doing that already?
They do. All AAM axles (GM and RAM) come with a finned aluminum housing.
Factory cover
And they needed it. Before they used these covers, they would cook the paint off the old stamped sheet metal parts.
Nope. My 2014 Ram 2500 has the 11.5" AAM axle and the OEM diff cover is a good 'ole stamped steel unit. Not aluminum cover with fins on mine......but I would like one. Thanks for the link to the AAM cover on Ebay.
KJ
Well like I wrote, I don't know for sure what year they became standard and also, they were only on HO engines in the beginning.
They all have them now.
Like I posted earlier, I believe only to max tow duallies have them. Chris
Previous gen Nissan Titan does too. From the factory.
