I have Dana 30 front and Dana 44 rear and looking at Riddler covers. Should I use RVT or Lubelocker gaskets to seal? Also, should I go with regular gear oil or synthetic?

If anyone also has a different suggestion for brand of covers, throw that in too.

Thanks

 

lube lockers are reusable, RTV seems to give a more flush seal with less chance of prying the diff cover on a rock. id use synthetic since you will already be in there and cleaning the housing out.

 

Had the Riddler covers with LubeLockers when I had 44s without any problems. Using RTV on my Dynatracs now. Either way you should be fine.

 

Thanks for the quick replies

 

I just got ARB covers and installed lube lockers. I asked my mechanic after he did my regear who specializes in off road vehicles (thats all he does) which fluid to go with and he recomended a name brand regular dyno oil. Says synthetic is fine for engines but diff should have regular oil. He said that dyno oil pulls heat from the gears more effectivly. I beleive him since I really trust him. I also have a warranty so I am followng his instructions.

The lube lockers have not leaked a drop. I cannot recomend ARB covers enough, they are premo quality and the dip stick is a nice feature. It also has two REALLY strong magnets, the dip stick and drain plug. Having extra magnets in ur diff cant be a bad thing.

 

I put Rancho Diff Cvrs on both my front and rear 44's using Lube Lockers.

After a few months I noticed that the front was leaking and then later the rear. Some of the bolts were loose so I re-torqued the bolts and was fine for 6-7 months, then I noticed another leak in front and the bolts again were loosened.

Can't figure out why this is happening. Just have to keep monitoring garage floor for drips and then re-tighten.

 

just installed riddlers sat. , low profile, no interference with anything, go syn. lube, and get a few cans of brake cleaner to clean out the housings. give northridge a call on thse riddlers(great price) DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO FILL THE DIFF TO THE FILL PLUG(restrain yourself) 2 qts front and 2 qts rear. i ran the lube lockers but rtv will work just the same. its all in what you want. and to the post above me blue locktight never hurt anything

 

I just threw on ARB front and rear diff covers last weekend, came with lube lockers and bought some spend Royal Purple. They are solid, I mean solid

 

So did I. But this was about a month ago. No problem so far. Got them from northridge as a package deal. Pretty sweet

 

Not to highjack the thread but how good is the seal on the Arb dip stick???were it goes into the cover!!