rear differential - what's the hole for
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rear differential - what's the hole for
We have a 1979 Toyota that had a leaking differential, so today we pulled the rear-end, replaced the gasket (stopped the leak!) and found a quarter-sized hole on the top of the differential with a smaller hole, threaded, that looks like it held something in the hole...our book shows nothing of the kind and I wonder if anyone knows what that hole is for......and would pass the info on to us!
Thanks in advance!
Tim
Thanks in advance!
Tim
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Google Toyota Diff Breather
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f115...r-caps-158023/
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+diff+breather
And for SURE read this thread... https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...eather-113377/
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f115...r-caps-158023/
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+diff+breather
And for SURE read this thread... https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...eather-113377/
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FYI people extend their diff breathers so that when going through water, the hot axle doesn't pull water into the differential and soil the diff oil. So if you drive through water higher than that hole, you need to do a diff breather extension like the pic above (both front and rear)
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I didn't get a picture, but it is not the breather...the breather is on the axle housing, this hole is on top of the 3rd member, right in the middle...
I'll see if I can get a pic...
Tim
I'll see if I can get a pic...
Tim
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Thanks for the replies! I thought perhaps it was for an ABS for whatever vehicle it came out of...suspicions confirmed!
Thanks again...
Tim
Thanks again...
Tim
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