This Is What Happens If You NEVER CHANGE YOUR DIFFERENTIAL OIL!!

gotta paint the cover to let others know you take care of your rear end.

The rear differential is often neglected when it comes to regular maintenance. Great video, as always, Jimmy!

I never even thought about differential oil needing to be changed. I'm going to get a new gasket along with required amount and grade of differential oil and this will be my weekend project. Thanks 1ROAD for taking the mystery out of this job! Great job!

I don't do any sort of mechanical work but I thoroughly enjoyed your video. It was edited extremely well (short and sweet) Your narration was very concise, and matched perfectly with the video segments. And...... NO STUPID MUSIC!!! Thumbs up.

You have the perfect infomercial voice. Can you say, "but wait, there's more!"

This was extremely helpful. Way to go Jimmy on your first time changing the diff oil as I never knew this had to be changed. Thanks homeboy.

It's probably been pointed out already, but whenever you drain a differential or manual transmission it is always good practice to use a brush and some sort of solvent around the fill hole in order to eliminate any foreign from that area. This makes the fill plug area so much cleaner. Great video though, like you say most folks simply don't bother, this is a good lesson to those of us that intend to keep their vehicles for more than 3 or 4 years.

I appreciate what you do on ur channel, and even keeping the older videos accessible, just got myself a suburban and looking forward to keeping it in great condition as possible ✊🏽👍🏽👌🏽

“Every day is a chance to turn it all around.” Powerful message even though this is a vid about changing differential fluid. I appreciate your content 1Road.

Hopefully everyone realizes you also have to clean the brake cleaner and any residual gunk out of the differential before putting the cover back on. He kinda skipped that part.

Now this guy know how to make videos you actually wanna watch straight to the point keep up the good work brotha

Thank you for your videos. I changed the diff fluids on 2 of my vehicles with no issues. I also did the cardboard mapping.

well done!! one thing I use is an air nozzle to super clean the magnet after most of the junk if off the magnet. the one thing you can do to help make this faster for future is to replace the cover with a drain plug cover!! and use a magnet on the drain plug!! that way you do not have to remove the cover every time you change the diff fluid!! this is important to change this often if you pull an rv!! this is the rear wheel bearing lube as well as the diff assy!! lol I get over 400k out of my old cars and trucks!! but I service them well!! 80k miles... that is a new truck!! lol!!

Great video. A couple of points 1) The use of a cardboard template to hold the bolts in the same relative location is a good one. On some older differentials the rear axle vent is through a hole drilled in one of the bolts, That bolt should be on top. Eyeball the bolts to see if there is a hole drilled in one. 2) On newer axles there is normally an axle vent mounted on top of the axle. Clean it periodically. A blocked vent will cause rear diff oil to leak out through the axle seals.

Some additional tips. 1. Using a die grinder with a surface prep disk will make cleaning the gasket surfaces a lot easier. 2. Putting thread locker on uncleaned oily bolts will serve no purpose. Clean the bolts and holes and let them dry first. Use that brake cleaner with a spray straw to clean the bolt holes then dry them with compressed air. 3. Put a little Teflon tape or pipe dope on the fill plug or you'll always have a slight seep from the fill plug.

Great instructional video, very clear, enjoyable, and down to the point. Your perspective made me aware of a section of our vehicles that I had neglected to service forever. For being a beginner, you sure know your way around.

Harbor freight sells a fluid pump that works amazing for refilling the diff fluid and is super cheap. Takes the pain of holding and spilling the fluid away. Also you can easily measure out the fluid if using a gallon container like I did. Great video

Great vid I'am OCD when it comes to changing the oils on all of my new cars from new.

The first diff oil change i did on my 02 defender was an eye opener. It was like grease it was so used and old. Like i could actually hold it in my hand... Amazingly no visible damage done.

Wow! You made me feel like running to my car and changing the fluid. Awesome video, thanks so much!!