I posted in a previous thread that I was updating from drums to discs from the 98-02 camaro. Got them in yesterday and started disassembly of the rearend to remove the axles. When I removed the differential cover I was shocked to find that the oil was a thick sludge mixed with water! Any ideas where that came from?
Maybe? I had that happen on my '84 - 4x4. Turned out that the breather was plugged and condensate formed from heating and cooling of the rear end and mixed with the gear oil. Check the breather ontop the axle.
That's a common problem in trucks that are used for towing boats. When you back a boat in to the water and that hot axle go's in to that cool water, the rapid temp. change will draw that cool water in through the vent. That's why you see long breather tubes tucked up in to the frame on a lot of trucks or 4x4's...Big Tim
