Finally got around to putting my Mag-hytek cover on my dana 80. It stays cooler longer with the added 1 gallon of fluid in there. It cools down way faster than with the stock cooler. I went with Red Line 75w90 a quick $150 just to put a cover on lol. Here is a pic after a 100 mile drive on pretty flat freeway.

On 4/10/2019 at 5:03 PM, 04Mach1 said:

So that's why the rear differential has failed twice in my in-laws 2015 Jeep Cherokee. It's a Trailhawk model pavement queen and has had 2 catastrophic rear differential failures in 40,000 miles. Needless to say my family has lost faith in FCA products and the in-laws are looking at trading the Jeep in on a Honda.

 

I haven't seen a finned cooler on a SUV, but have on some of the pickups. 

 

What axles are they using in the Cherokee?

 

When the first one failed did they do a  complete axle swap, or just the R&P? If they  just did the R&P that's likely what caused the 2nd failure, as it's a lot of extra work to get all the metal shavings out of the housing.

On 4/11/2019 at 8:52 AM, Dieselfuture said:

Had a Cherokee with low miles like 60s and that pile of .... both front and rear axles were making noise, I sold it and told new owner about it, he was a gear head and didn't care, what a pile that was and a gas hog

Totally agree with the current Jeep brand being junk. The in-laws just traded in the 2015 Jeep Cherokee  for a Honda. In 49,000 miles there were 2 rear differential failures and 1 transmission failure, all 3 failures left them stranded and required towing. Luckily all the repairs were covered under warranty. This Jeep was a pavement queen. I'm kinda iffy about any FCA brand now.

 

The dealer already has it listed on their website. https://www.milehighhonda.com/used-inventory/vehicle/2015-Jeep-Cherokee-Trailhawk-Regular-Unleaded-V-6-3-2-L-198-1C4PJMBS4FW704824/

 

 

 

15 hours ago, AH64ID said:

 

I haven't seen a finned cooler on a SUV, but have on some of the pickups. 

 

What axles are they using in the Cherokee?

 

When the first one failed did they do a  complete axle swap, or just the R&P? If they  just did the R&P that's likely what caused the 2nd failure, as it's a lot of extra work to get all the metal shavings out of the housing.

 

To be honest I'm not sure what differential the Cherokee with IRS has. I do know the whole housing is aluminum and it's IRS. Both replacement differentials were new in the box replacements, and not remans  to my understanding. Looking up the price it's about $1300 for a new complete bolt in differential so it's on the cheap side.of course I'm used to new class 8 reman differentials costing over $7,000 just for the center section.

 

43 minutes ago, 04Mach1 said:

I'm kinda iffy about any FCA brand now.

FCA brand equals FIAT equals "Fix It Again Tony".