diff bolts needed torquing
surferfletch
10-22-2006, 07:38 PM
Found a small puddle today back there. I thought the pinion seal was getting worse, but the cover bolts were just loose. It's been 6 weeks, I think, since I did the diff service, and I thought I'd torqued the bolts enough, but I guess not. Maybe I was afraid of breaking one... Anyway, it's worth chacking out - I know a few others did the service at the same time...
Gizmo42
10-22-2006, 09:12 PM
So far no leaks from mine, but I did mine a couple weeks later. 25 ft lbs seems to be working ok for bolt torque.
amigo-2k
10-22-2006, 10:23 PM
no leaks here and the 2 bolts I broke off are holding in there.
jcb18
10-22-2006, 11:59 PM
I actually drained and filled my diffy a couple weeks ago. I bought a rockcrusher cover for about $60 and it came with all new grade 8 bolts. This was the first time I'd ever done this service and I haven't had any leak problems.
My guess is you could find the right sized grade 8 bolts at home depot or lowe's to replace your stock bolts and not worry about breaking bolts again. The previous owner of my rodeo must have lived in a snow belt state because every bolt in my undercarriage snaps if I try to take it off so anytime I take out a bolt (or snap it and have to drill it out) in the undercarriage I replace it with grade 8 if possible.
My guess is you could find the right sized grade 8 bolts at home depot or lowe's to replace your stock bolts and not worry about breaking bolts again. The previous owner of my rodeo must have lived in a snow belt state because every bolt in my undercarriage snaps if I try to take it off so anytime I take out a bolt (or snap it and have to drill it out) in the undercarriage I replace it with grade 8 if possible.
Tom01Rodeo
10-23-2006, 01:47 AM
I serviced mine over 2 years ago and no leaks. Can't remember if I used the gasket or rtv or a combination of them. Also didn't have any broken bolts. How many of you 4WD owners have changed the front diffy fluid? Its relatively painfree compared to the rear. Next on my list is to somehow get the old fluid out of the 4WD engagement device on the front diffy and put in some synthetic. I had trouble last year getting it to go into 4WD mode the first time.
Ramblin Fever
10-23-2006, 02:42 AM
On my '91 Rodeo 4x4, I changed out the front diffy yearly - sometimes twice/year.
That truck definitely got use of it's 4x4 capabilities though; and it seen it's share of loading/unloading the boat sometimes on a sandy beach, sometimes nose into the water. Not too mention having driven down into mine-shafts, riverbeds, deep sandy pits and up onto the flat-tops.
Man that was a fun rig! We bought that thing when no one else knew what a "Rodeo" was, we used to tease that we were going to make the next Isuzu commercial in "Going Further".
It was so cool to pull up into a gas station or parking lot and get the strangest looks - everyone knew what an Isuzu "Trooper" was, but the Rodeo styling was classy and different.
And I can remember the first couple years of registering/renewing it's plates, "you drive a WHAT?"
That truck definitely got use of it's 4x4 capabilities though; and it seen it's share of loading/unloading the boat sometimes on a sandy beach, sometimes nose into the water. Not too mention having driven down into mine-shafts, riverbeds, deep sandy pits and up onto the flat-tops.
Man that was a fun rig! We bought that thing when no one else knew what a "Rodeo" was, we used to tease that we were going to make the next Isuzu commercial in "Going Further".
It was so cool to pull up into a gas station or parking lot and get the strangest looks - everyone knew what an Isuzu "Trooper" was, but the Rodeo styling was classy and different.
And I can remember the first couple years of registering/renewing it's plates, "you drive a WHAT?"
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