Front Differential cover

[Poncho]

Was just wondering if anyone has ever removed their front differential cover. I have a 2012 ram 1500 4x4 with the 5.7 and have noticed the there are bolts on the front diff.

 

[crazykid1994]

What is your purpose for that? Curious. To see what it looks like or for taking it apart? There are a few videos of them being disassembled

 

[Zoe Saldana]

Was just wondering if anyone has ever removed their front differential cover. I have a 2012 ram 1500 4x4 with the 5.7 and have noticed the there are bolts on the front diff.

Have you ever changed the fluid?

 

[Poncho]

I have searched 1000 of videos about fro t different and never found one that showed or talked about fro t diff covers. It was always they have to be changed as a whole. As for the reason I have a grinding noise and I think it's internal

 

[Jeepwalker]

Have you tried removing your front driveshaft and rotating the pinion by hand?

Might have to remove the front wheels too. A lot of times a guy can 'feel' things by hand. Check the inner CV's. Rotate/inspect the driveshaft & U-joints. Might check the wheel bearings when it's off the ground, but before you've removed the wheels.

 

[crazykid1994]

Yup. Generally if the front diff goes bad it gets swapped as a whole because up until very recently nobody has made replacement gears. so the only option was a new front diff. Now there is 1 company who makes replacement gears. Can you share a video if the noise? Could be bearings or the gears depending on the noise.

 

[18CrewDually]

I have searched 1000 of videos about fro t different and never found one that showed or talked about fro t diff covers. It was always they have to be changed as a whole. As for the reason I have a grinding noise and I think it's internal

Check the output shaft to CV shaft connection. Moisture can get in the splines and rust. It can eventually strip out the splines of the half shaft.

I found a youtube video of it.

Bad CV Joint.mp4

I believe my CV joint has gone bad. After lifting the front end of my dodge ram 1500 4x4 I spun the passenger wheel and was able to reproduce the clicking no...

youtu.be

 

[Poncho]

I've replaced cv axles, wheel bearing hubs, intermediate Shafts, nothing helps so that's why I believe it's internal