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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 08:31 AM
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has any ones front diff on there dana 30 leaked yet or had any probs yet i only have 1545 miles and only gone whellin 2 times and took it kinda easy till i get the feel for her
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by jwhite0410
has any ones front diff on there dana 30 leaked yet or had any probs yet i only have 1545 miles and only gone whellin 2 times and took it kinda easy till i get the feel for her
both from the factory... pulled the covers and resealed and filled with mobil 1 synthetic gear oil.

its like they have some guy in the factory with a supersoaked loaded with RTV
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jwhite0410
has any ones front diff on there dana 30 leaked yet or had any probs yet i only have 1545 miles and only gone whellin 2 times and took it kinda easy till i get the feel for her

Yep, rear diff leak. Removed the cover and resealed. Haven't had any further problems.
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 08:25 AM
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yes I think mine leaked--I'll aks hubbo later to be sure.
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 01:58 PM
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My rear had a slow leak (no drips on the ground but oil on the cover) after a few thousand miles. Just popped it off, cleaned it up, and threw it back on. I've had no issues since.
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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my solid cover wasn't leaking until it took a pretty hard hit on a rock, it must have got bent a little because no matter what i did i could not get the leak to stop(lubelocker). took the lublocker out of there sealed it with some rtv retorqued and waaaalaaaa no more leaks
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 03:43 PM
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I don't think you can bend the nodular iron of a SOLID diff cover, not unless you dropped your JK off the Sears Tower.

All you have to do is torque that LubeLocker down to about 50 pounds and you'll be good to go.
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Omaha
I don't think you can bend the nodular iron of a SOLID diff cover, not unless you dropped your JK off the Sears Tower.

All you have to do is torque that LubeLocker down to about 50 pounds and you'll be good to go.
i tried all that and it still leaked . 50 pound????? whoa think i would have twisted some bolts in half.
anyway it's all good now.
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Omaha
I don't think you can bend the nodular iron of a SOLID diff cover, not unless you dropped your JK off the Sears Tower.

All you have to do is torque that LubeLocker down to about 50 pounds and you'll be good to go.
With the threads posted this week on diff. covers, lube lockers and torquing...? I would certainly not torque anything like that to 50 pounds. Do a thread search in Modified area and see what I mean.
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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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The rear diff on my previous 08 unlimited leaked slightly since day one, the dealer re-sealed it during an oil change no questions and no charges.
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