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| | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,845 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,845 | Getting ready to change mine again and was curious as to how often most of you change your transmission and rear end oils. My operator's manual says every 6,000 to 10,000 miles or twice a year. Last time I changed mine was 2 years (5,000+ miles) ago. I am not at all referring to the motor.
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,243 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,243 | Rear axle, never again after I changed gears 20 years ago, it should out last me. My automatic transmission will likely never get changed either due to the amount of miles I put on it. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,889 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,889 | If you decide to do a change, be sure to flush the axle with some kind of solvent, and drain it well before refilling. I use Diesel fuel as a kind of universal solvent for things like that, since it's a little bit oily, and doesn't completely strip the lubricant from moving parts. To fully drain things, jack up one wheel at a time and let the lube that's in the hubs and axle tubes run to the center. Then refill with fresh lube and jack up the hubs again to flood the wheel bearings with oil.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,845 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,845 | So am I correct that many of us don't bother changing the oil in both the rear end and tranny on a regular basis? Like almost never?
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,889 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,889 | I have vehicles with over 200K miles on them, still running the rear end lube they had when I bought them (used). I do check and top off the level if necessary during oil changes. No idea if a previous owner ever did a change.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,747 24601 | | 24601 Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,747 | So am I correct that many of us don't bother changing the oil in both the rear end and tranny on a regular basis? Like almost never? Craig -- Just to add a "harrumph" to what Jerry said ... When I was working for my friend Pat (part time until I retired and then for 4.5 years after I retired driving tractor trailers and dump trucks ... On the heavytrucks (Peterbilt road tractors and triaxle dump trucks), we'd change the engine oil annually and check the transmission and axles. I'd stick a finger in the check hole and f there was brown or black oil on my finger, I'd put the plug back in and mark it "Good." If I didn;t get any oil on my finger, I'd top it off. If I got milky brown oil on my finger, I'd change it.
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,845 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,845 | Wow......and here I thought I was frickin' up the truck by not changing rear and gearbox oil more frequently than I have been doing. Still will check levels as well as how clean the oil looks on the tip of my finger  Thanks all for the replies.
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
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