Was wondering, we have list's and charts for just about everything for our trucks, but do we have a list of recommended/top/best fluids or favorites that everyone uses? It could be anything from oil, power steering, trans fluid to windshield washer fluid! I was just wondering what everyone liked to use so looked for a list, couldn't find one so thought maybe it'd be a good thing to have!

Could you do the same steps as listed above except use a siphon to get out all the fluid from the reservoir, refill with fresh fluid, turn lock to lock, siphon and repeat?

5 hours ago, notlimah said:

Could you do the same steps as listed above except use a siphon to get out all the fluid from the reservoir, refill with fresh fluid, turn lock to lock, siphon and repeat?

Won't work. You only got about 8oz tops from the pump. There is about 32 ounces in the gear box. So since you working on dillution then you need to increase the change amount to nearly 2 gallons . Most people I catch do this don't get the debris out of system as you would flushing...

Kind of like doing a oil change by unscrewing the filter and dumping it out. Screw it back on and refilling a quart. It won't work. Then repeating...

Edited February 23, 20169 yr by Mopar1973Man

Ok cool, just wondering. I'll do a system flush.

On 2/21/2016 at 10:17 AM, Mopar1973Man said:

Open differentials you'll clearly see the spider gears in the center of the carrier. Limited Slip you see a enclosed clutch pack.

Open Differential

Limited slip

I'm only pointing out that the second differential picture is not a LS unit but looks like a lunch box locker was installed.  A limited slip carrier will still look very similar to an open carrier, with the differences being that you can clearly see the "S" spring up against the spider gears, and the clutch packs on the outer insides of the carrier.