Diff Gaskets?

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I don't provide links, just info.
I figure if you're smart enough to own a Ram, you're smart enough to use Amazon's search bar.

Also just ordered a Spectre chrome cover and LubeLocker gasket for my upcoming std to posi swap over.
 

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Feel-pro gaskets are by any means the best gaskets going bar none. Now so far as what you should use I would hazard to err on the side of caution and use the Fel-pro, they are more user friendly and they won’t leak ever if applied correctly. RTV is the cheaper alternative but you need to make sure it’s applied evenly any missed spot can, (not to say that it will) may lead to leak. It’s all in the prep and application.
 

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Was always taught that it's either a gasket or RTV, but never both. The gasket will slide on the RTV and never seal right.
In the old days it was cork and Indian Head gasket cement. Never leaked.
 

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Gasket sealer,not gasket maker is okay with a gasket.But I have cheated and put a light coating of rtv gasket maker on a gasket before.
 

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I've used Permatex Hi Tack gasket cement to hold the gasket in place preferably rubber. Cork sucks and needs torqueing and it sometimes splits.
 

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Now to throw another tip into the mix.
I've used C5 Anti-Seize on thousands of paper based gaskets and don't have any problems with leaks. The best part is the gasket will come off clean and usually can be reused.
 
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I just used the pump for the front as I don’t have a drain bolt/plug for it. HAd to order a 14mm hex socket for the rear diff as the shop here in isolation didn’t have any and the biggest size I had was a 10mm. Front wasn’t to bad doing.4C35DDF5-EF3C-4339-801F-6B59DE64D469.jpeg
Used a funnel I slid down the back of the cross member and a tube to fill up the front diff.
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