Snowbird
LIFE MEMBER
When I was a young man and starting to drive it was instilled into me that preventative maintenance is the cheapest and best form of maintenance. One of the practices that I was taught was that when changing any oils to drain the old oil through a muslin cloth. The reasoning behind this being that if anything was going wrong internally there would be tell tale deposits in the muslin. I always carried out this practice and talked my mechanic into doing the same when I ran trucks on long haul work. Last week my Ram went in for service to that same mechanic and when it came back he showed me a little bag of metal that had come from the axle when he drained the oil. Had he just wheeled a tub under the axle and let it go I would be looking at a bill for at least £2500 plus recovery from Lord knows where. As it is I took the truck down to an axle specialist in Birmingham, who rebuilt the diff, fitting a new limited slip plates that had started to break up. Total cost £550 and no lockup on the motorway, which could have been life threatening. The company specialises in gearbox and axle repairs and rebuilds to just about anything and I cannot praise them enough for there curious and exceptional service. Put them in your little book as you never know when you will need them.
http://www.centralaxles.com/
http://www.centralaxles.com/