Falbeon

I was checking out my rear diff cover to see what I was working with when I replace the fluid and I noticed that somebody had put RTV between the bolt and cover for all of the bolts. I don't recall reading about that in any of the diff fluid change threads, so I'm assuming that's an unnecessary step? Will that make the bolts harder to get out?

DSFD506

To my knowledge these differentials do not have seals or gaskets for the diff cover thus requiring the RTV between the cover and diff. Some of the aftermarket covers like Mag Hytec and AFE comes with a gasket and does not need the RTV.

tommyboy180

When you put the cover back on the gasket (RTV) will get squeezed through the bolt holes as you tighten it.

ripping6gears

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PerryB

NAAAHH !! -- I've handled a lot of sealants over the years, and I've never seen that shade of blue....

PerryB

There's a company called Purple Cranium that sells covers with drain plugs for most axles.

SCORGE

they RTV'd the **** out of that.
I bet it's sealed though. I used ultra black and had a little bit of run-off. Cleaned it up though because, you know, aesthetics

Falbeon

I'd clean it up too