Do installing diff covers void your factory warranty??
Do installing diff covers void your factory warranty??
JK Super Freak
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Scottsdale, AZ
No matter what you decide about warranty remember warranty will not cover damage from sliding on the pumkin nor backing up and hitting the diff cover. I have done a little of both. There are no issues with my Riddler covers, but I would not put too much money on the stock covers surviving (those things are thin) If I had a leak on the trail I would be a very unhappy and likely stuck jeeper.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Stuttgart, Germany
That whole voiding the warranty question is always a good one. Theoretically, it is the responsibility of the dealer/manufacturer to prove that the replacement part is responsible for the failure. In practice, many dealers don't like to do warranty work because of how they can make more money on non-warranty work among other reasons. These are the ones that say because you have an aftermarket bumper, you put more weight on the front and the truck no longer sits level and that is the cause of the oil starvation in the 4th cylinder. Yeah, right. The problem is, they have "demonstrated" that the modification is the cause of the problem, so no warranty work, or worse yet, warranty voided. Now, if they say your 37s are the cause of your broken axle shaft, sure, they are probably onto something there.
As for the diff cover. I doubt they can really make an argument about it voiding the warranty. I have the Solid diff covers, and I had to modify them to get them to fit with the Rubi lockers. Here, they could probably argue that they don't fit correctly and are the cause of the damage, though the sleeved axles, the gear swap, and the tires are all more likely, and after all that, I wouldn't even try to claim warranty work on the axles.
Now, if you smash your diff into a big rock and do damage, stock or not stock, that is your fault and you are responsible. Granted, I would rather smash my Solid diff covers into a rock than the stock piece of aluminum foil that was on there originally.
At the end of the day, it all depends on the dealer to whom you take it. Keep the original cover handy. Worst case, if something happens, and you take it to one dealer, and they make a fuss over it, go home, put the old one back on, and go somewhere else.
As for the diff cover. I doubt they can really make an argument about it voiding the warranty. I have the Solid diff covers, and I had to modify them to get them to fit with the Rubi lockers. Here, they could probably argue that they don't fit correctly and are the cause of the damage, though the sleeved axles, the gear swap, and the tires are all more likely, and after all that, I wouldn't even try to claim warranty work on the axles.
Now, if you smash your diff into a big rock and do damage, stock or not stock, that is your fault and you are responsible. Granted, I would rather smash my Solid diff covers into a rock than the stock piece of aluminum foil that was on there originally.
At the end of the day, it all depends on the dealer to whom you take it. Keep the original cover handy. Worst case, if something happens, and you take it to one dealer, and they make a fuss over it, go home, put the old one back on, and go somewhere else.
