Just as the title says. It was warm this weekend, so I went ahead and painted my diff covers last night, and went to install them today. Install went smoothly, got the bolts on and lube locker no issue. However, I can't seem to get the oil in the diffs. the track bar is in the way of fill hole. seems like a silly issue, but damn it, now i'm stuck without a working jeep!

also, is there an easy way to figure out how much fluid to put in? specially since i have a LSD in the rear.

 

Autozone has a pump that screws into the bottle and a hose the goes into the fill hole. Think its like $4. It will take a while but it will get the job done


Writeup shows amount required on the left: http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...hange-write-up

 

Searching thru the write up section, the front takes 1.35 quarts and the rear 2.375 quarts

 

I don't mean to hijack but did you remove your covers to paint them? I want to do mine as well. Planning on doing this in the spring.

 

I have aftermarket diff covers and i just paint them with them installed, also paint the axle too while im doing it

 

What kind of paint did you use?

 

I just used rustoleum semi gloss spray paint.. It holds up ok, but i would probally use hi-heat spray paint next time as those diff covers can get pretty hot

 

Ok. I was going to get factory spray can touch up to match but I'll look into high heat. Thanks.

 

yeah I had some aftermarket installed, everyone seems to say you can paint with whatever, but to play it safe i used high heat paint. ill post some pics tomorrow, dont know why i didnt take any before installing them

 

Each aftermarket diff cover is diff, so the amount of fluid is going to vary. I just filled then until the fluid started coming out of the hole (haha, I know)...