Differential Temperature

Posted by Mike Hernke [63.151.218.18] on Monday, November 09, 2009 at 09:35:52 :

Anyone have any idea what kind of temperatures to expect for the rear diff? I noticed about a month or two ago after a fairly long drive my diff was quite hot, I measured it with an infrared temp gun and it was around 140 F. I don't have an overdrive and I have the 5.83 gears. After a 30 minute drive at 35 -40 mph (top speed pretty much) you cannot hold a hand on the differntial housing for very long. The bearings are cool to the touch and the brake drums are not hot it is just at the differential.

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• Re: Differential Temperature - Keith in Washington 11:57:39 11/09/2009
  • Re: Differential Temperature - Mike Hernke 19:42:43 11/09/2009
    • Re: Differential Temperature - copey 05:31:00 11/10/2009
      • Re: Differential Temperature - Mike Hernke 10:47:44 11/11/2009
        • case closed here mike - copey 12:49:26 11/11/2009
• Re: Differential Temperature - Kaegi 11:32:48 11/09/2009
• Oils can handle that kind of heat... - Chriscase 11:29:07 11/09/2009
• Re: Differential Temperature - Dave Royal 11:15:08 11/09/2009
  • ON BIG RIGS - copey 17:58:31 11/09/2009
    • Re: ON BIG RIGS posta scriptis - copey 18:20:07 11/09/2009
      • Re: ON BIG RIGS posta scriptis - M Fanoni 21:11:41 11/09/2009
• If you are not running synthetic - bruce in BC 10:00:14 11/09/2009

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