Rear diff cover bolt torque

[EdGs]

2015 ram 1500 QC 2wd, anyone have the torque specs for the rear diff cover bolts?


Thanks.

 

[NJMOPAR]

I believe it's 12 ft/lbs but I just tightened them until they wouldn't turn anymore.
You want a LubeLocker gasket:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYEAPL0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_o3L2Fb4KZ6X83
They give you the sequence for tightening the cover down.

 

[EdGs]

Ok, thanks.

107k, going to open mine up and see how it looks in there.

 

[Daw14]

I just changed my oil and cover today, although the cover is a B&M , the torque was specified at 15 ft lbs.

 

[EdGs]

Pulled the cover on my differential today. Oil was semi-dark, but free of debris. Took about 2.6 qts. to fill. Life is good.

Coolant drain and fill(s) tomorrow.

 

[seabrook]

must be the season i changed my rear differential fluid today

 

[ram1500rsm]

About to do mine since I’m at 95k miles so I’ll pop the cover out for it’s first time. I’ve been doing drain and fills.
I thought the tq for the bolts were 30ft/lbs?

 

[EdGs]

Torqued mine to 15 ft-lbs., no leaks.

I was kind of shocked at the amount of rtv that was used by the whoever did it first - there was damn near a 1/4 inch bead squished over the inside edge of the diff most of the way around.

It lasted for the 80k that I've had the truck, glad for that.

 

[Graygoose]

Nothing like a clean rearend...

 

[ram1500rsm]

Mine also had a thick bed of red atv it was kind of crazy. I ended up giving my bolts 240 in/lbs, which is 20 ft/lbs.
Here is torque sequence from my lubelocker gasket.
2020-12-29_07-00-49 by RAM RSM, on Flickr