So I am looking up my owner's manual to see about a differential oil and I see this box.
A Chevrolet 2003 Silverado and it says to grease this. What is it? I assume it is where the driveshaft and the rear-end meet, but how do you grease it.
I doubt it is a u-joint because they're supposedly not able to be greased in these trucks.
Maybe this is what the tech at the dealer was referring to when they said I needed a differential service. I just put in Redline two years ago (about 4000 miles) and they are requesting it be serviced. Well, I am planning to do what I can do and then take my truck back in and tell them what I have done to it and see if they will look it back over and either write it off or fix what I might have missed.
I am about to change the diff fluid to the dealer fluid myself. WHen I take it back and have the funds (they suggested TB cleaning, coolant flush, differential service and oil cooler lines) I will ask for an inspection to go over all of this. I cleaned the TB the best I could with a microfiber and citrus cleaner (fly-by-wire), I flushed the radiator multiple times and it is still coming out muddy when I drain the radiator, and I plan to change the gear oil soon. But the oil cooler I don't want to touch, but when I take it in for the oil cooler then they could check all this other stuff I tried to accomplish.....but who knows??? Maybe the TB needs disassembly or a special tool or chemical. Maybe the cooling system needs the block drains removed ( I started to, but they were so tight I kind of gave up out of fear of breaking something major), then the differential may need more than just gear oil, so I wonder if I am even doing any good. Like when you sweep a room and someone comes in five minutes later and sweeps it again and gets nothing in the dustpan! But then again, I wonder if what I am doing will take some of the work load off the mechanic and he can focus on the technical stuff a DIY can't really accomplish well.
A Chevrolet 2003 Silverado and it says to grease this. What is it? I assume it is where the driveshaft and the rear-end meet, but how do you grease it.
I doubt it is a u-joint because they're supposedly not able to be greased in these trucks.
Maybe this is what the tech at the dealer was referring to when they said I needed a differential service. I just put in Redline two years ago (about 4000 miles) and they are requesting it be serviced. Well, I am planning to do what I can do and then take my truck back in and tell them what I have done to it and see if they will look it back over and either write it off or fix what I might have missed.
I am about to change the diff fluid to the dealer fluid myself. WHen I take it back and have the funds (they suggested TB cleaning, coolant flush, differential service and oil cooler lines) I will ask for an inspection to go over all of this. I cleaned the TB the best I could with a microfiber and citrus cleaner (fly-by-wire), I flushed the radiator multiple times and it is still coming out muddy when I drain the radiator, and I plan to change the gear oil soon. But the oil cooler I don't want to touch, but when I take it in for the oil cooler then they could check all this other stuff I tried to accomplish.....but who knows??? Maybe the TB needs disassembly or a special tool or chemical. Maybe the cooling system needs the block drains removed ( I started to, but they were so tight I kind of gave up out of fear of breaking something major), then the differential may need more than just gear oil, so I wonder if I am even doing any good. Like when you sweep a room and someone comes in five minutes later and sweeps it again and gets nothing in the dustpan! But then again, I wonder if what I am doing will take some of the work load off the mechanic and he can focus on the technical stuff a DIY can't really accomplish well.
