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Mike_Schriber
Explorer
Jun 24, 2017

2006 Damon (Ford F53) differential fluid change madness

I'm feeling rather put out at the moment... I just drained and refilled the rear axle on my 2006 F53 chassis Damon Daybreak. The specifications say it's a Dana 135 and to change the gear oil at 50...
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j-d
Explorer II
Jun 26, 2017
I forget which RV builder's site I was looking at. Probably Newmar or Tiffin, but their spec pages for Class A Gassers on Ford Chassis indicated a very wide range of GVWR numbers along with at least two wheel diameters. This would mean different specs within the F53 line.

I pulled up the Ford page for 2017 F53 and it showed Dana 80/12,000#, S110/13,500#, S130/15,000# and 17060S/17,500# axle models.

Seems your documentation doesn't match your actual axle and specs.

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