"...ye are gods..." (somewhere in the bible)...so I guess he could qualify...

 

um.. guys... while putting the rear back together, I emptied the old differential oil...and only now realized how little was in it. There seems to be mixed opinions on the capacity depending on the rear end used. Lets put it this way. I had about 1.25 quarts of old fluid in there when I emptied it in an old oil bottle. That's just over 1 liter. I'm heading out now to put the wheels back on and will go for a ride before trying the bearing. I'm assuming that's not normal, but also assuming this didn't cause any problems considering the leftover fluid had no particles in it at all.

When I checked the fluid 2 weeks ago, it didn't seem that low.

 

What is the capacity? I've never had problems with a differential.

 

Rear diff capacity is 2.0 liters for up to 2002. 2003 and up is 2.3 liters.

 

Well, changed the other front bearing. Nothing different unfortunately. Any other suggestions? If this was my secondary car, fine, i'd drive it till something broke. But I don't want to be stuck with a truck on the side of the highway 300 miles from home at 2am. DAMN TRUCK IS TOO DAMN TOUGH FOR IT'S OWN GOOD!

 

Yes, that's what I was trying to say. Glad I could help.

 

You figure this out? I just started getting a faint grinding from the front left of my truck today, so I wanted to see what yours ended up being.

 

BUMP!!! Can you please give an update on whether you fixed the problem or not? Mine just started this crap. Its loud and I can feel it in the steering wheel!

 

Have You checked the shock mounts , a loose 1 will sound like it's on the verge of death and would get worse turning 1 way and louder the other ?

 

Mine is doing it as well. Havent had time to check it out.