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coho killer 06-02-2007, 10:15 AM i know i spelled it wrong, heres my question. i have 10,000 miles on the truck. i change the rear diff, it had some stuff on the plug. i havent used my 4 wheel drive more than 5 times, should i change the front also or wait until 50,000 miles? thanks Nohto 06-02-2007, 01:42 PM I was wondering the same thing. dslbrnr 06-02-2007, 03:56 PM I was going to do mine early as well. 2,000 Mi, probably dosen't need it, but cheap insurance(two Qrts). If you don't use four wheel drive much, it doesn't even run the front dif. 83gmck2500 06-02-2007, 04:22 PM I just did mine this morning, has 15k miles on it, is 6 months old. I took some pics of the plug when I pulled it out, the magnet was covered with filings, and the oil looked...well, icky. JK3500 06-02-2007, 09:39 PM i know i spelled it wrong, heres my question. i have 10,000 miles on the truck. i change the rear diff, it had some stuff on the plug. i havent used my 4 wheel drive more than 5 times, should i change the front also or wait until 50,000 miles? thanks Changed my front and rear diff and transfer case fluid last weekend. Just over 10,000 on the odo. Rear was black and had some metal shavings. front was "milky" (its the type of fluid they put in from the factory) but dark and had a fair amount of shavings on the plug. Like dslbrnr stated above, it only takes 2 qts and is cheap insurance. Transfer case fluid looked like new but am glad I changed it cause "now I know". jk 83gmck2500 06-02-2007, 11:08 PM Transfer case fluid looked like new but am glad I changed it cause "now I know". jk Exactly. I needed to change the oil in my truck, so I went front to back, Amsoil 75W-90 Extended Life (http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/fgr.aspx) in the Front and Rear diffs, Amsoil 5W-30 (http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/asl.aspx) in the transfer case (+1 qt extra), new Allison spin-on, and Amsoil CJ-4 5W-40 Premium Diesel Motor Oil (http://www.amsoil.com/StoreFront/deo.aspx) with an EaO52. DMaxME 06-03-2007, 06:55 PM The front Differential is an interesting thing on our disconnect front axles. Although the ring and pinion are stationary while driving in 2WD the spider gears are not. The disconnect is on the passenger side output shaft of the differential. So the moral of the story is that even in 2WD things are spinning in your front end, and you might as well, since all gears have a break in period and there is no filter in the front axle. cheers | ||