So I am thinking of changing my front and rear diff fluids and gaskets. I was gonna go with lubelocker reuseable gaskets and royal purple gear oil. Has anyone done this, is there anything that I should know ahead of time?

 

They work great for the first few times you have to remove the cover. I had mine on the front after developing a leak after banging the differential on the rock (I guess it broke the RTV seal). Unfortunately, it wore out after a few times of removing the cover during my gear installation. After everything else I spent I didn't want to spend more.

 

I picked up a Solid diff cover from a forum member with the LL attached. Threw it on and good to go.

 

I m happy with our lube lockers so far. I hit the front a few times pretty hard and no leaks yet. But I havent taken them off and tried to reuse them yet

 

They take a hit well with no leaking. Mine did anyway. They flatten out after removing them a few times and then no longer seal well. This is not a knock on the product, because the manufacturer states right out to replace them after you've removed them.

 

Thats kinda what I thought would happen. I didnt think they would last more then one or two uses without flattenning out. Thanks for confirming this Tony. I'll just plan on replacing them when I regear next year.

 

Yep, you can get three or four out of them (don't ask how i know) so it comes out a few dollars more than a tube of RTV. Of course once you through in time and clean up factor then I think you come out a bit ahead.

 

I have had mine about 3 months. Plenty of use and no problems. (Knock on wood)

 

The regearing is what was the killer. Take it off, set the gears up, put it back on, correct, and repeat. The shop had to do that a few times, because they were trying to correct the noise from the gears -- that's a different discussion though. The poor Lube Locker didn't stand a chance.

 

I would consider using a less expensive gear oil if you plan on doing water crossings. I put royal purple in my diffs about a month ago. Since then I have done a couple of water crossings and am wandering if water may have gotten into my diffs. I have seen some pictures of milky gear oil and it isn't pretty.