No Drain Plug On Rear Diff?

[jerseydrew]

WTF? i guess i have to get real dirty and buy a gasket to do the fluid service? i didn't remove the skid plate yet but i hope the front diff has a drain plug in it.

[RyanbabZ71]

Is it possible to extract the fluid from the fill hole?

[Stevens03]

Drain plugs not directly on the bottom? Its not on the back of the cover.. and hasn't been there for years

 

My 07 Vmax with 14" hybrid rear end has it on the bottom.

[sc4808]

Yeah, you have to pull the inspection cover, not too bad takas 30 min or so to change the oil.

[tanked_darren]

WTF? i guess i have to get real dirty and buy a gasket to do the fluid service? i didn't remove the skid plate yet but i hope the front diff has a drain plug in it.

 

No I don't have a drain on mine either, I don't think many, (if any) GMT-900 have diff drains or tranny drains.

 

Don't waste your money on a gasket, use silicone.

[redvett]

No skid plate on the rear diff and there hasent been a drain plug for many years 1999 or 2000. Pull the cover and clean all the gunk out.

[vettelovralexand]

I had to pop the rear cover on mine, but cleaned and reused the gasket. The front required me to pull the skid plate but it does have a plug for draining the fluid.

[Snow White]

the 10 bolt in my 4.3s10 had a square bolt screw to add fluid, i found that one of those siphon pumps works really well... however, it's not nearly as good as the pumpkin pull

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My 14 bolt 10.5" 4.10 FF axle has it on the very bottom of the iron casting.

[vettelovralexand]

My 14 bolt 10.5" 4.10 FF axle has it on the very bottom of the iron casting.

 

10.5" and 11.5" axles have it whereas the LD models don't.

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My 14 bolt 10.5" 4.10 FF axle has it on the very bottom of the iron casting.

 

10.5" and 11.5" axles have it whereas the LD models don't.

 

 

 

Cool beans!

[tanked_darren]

It would be wise to pull the cover and clean the casing out properly, that would maybe be why they stop putting plugs in?? No need for a gasket silcone works fine.

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Meh, the fluid swashing around in there will clean it out good enough.

[pj5454302]

Well My jimmy didnt have a drain plug but my new HD diff cover dose.

 

 

[tanked_darren]

Ya, I'd like to get a nice diff cover, but I just can't justify spending insane $$$ replacing something that is already doing a good job