A couple 14bff questions

[lochenjons]

To take the drums off you have to unbolt the hubs right? Anything I'd need to know about that or is it easy? (I'm used to my 12b, all I had to do was pull it off and I was done ). And last time I filled up my old rear end with gear oil I used some kind of vacuum thing to push it into that fill hole on the side. I dont have the vacuum thing anymore, So do I fill the 14b thru that same hole on the side? I'm wondering cause it doesnt seem like it would fill more than halfway like that

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

If you have the older style 14 bolt, which I bet you do, you have do disassemble the hubs and remove them along with the brakes. Unbolt the 8 bolts that hold the shaft in, then remove the two spindle nuts that hold the wheel bearings together. Its pretty easy, but you do need a special hub socket for the spindle nuts.

And yes, you do fill the diff through the plug on the passenger side of the diff. I have a pump on the top of a gallon jug of oil, but there are many ways of getting the fluid in there.

 

[lochenjons]

Ok I dont have the "special hub socket" so I'll wait on that for a while. Would it be bad to fill it thru the vent tube? Could it clog it up or anything?

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Don't fill it through the vent tube. It won't clog anything but you have no idea how full the diff is. Just pull the fill plug and fill it through there.

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

You DO NOT need to fill it to the top just untill it starts coming out of the hole you are filling it from.

 

[lochenjons]

You DO NOT need to fill it to the top just untill it starts coming out of the hole you are filling it from.

Oh ok sweet thats what I originally thought. So it'll only be filled about half then right?

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

Yep.

 

[lochenjons]

I started filling it up today...really long process the way im doing it. It takes about a gallon of gear oil right? Thats what I was told but thats hard to beleive when my 12b took half that.

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

Well i buy by th quart it took me 3 to fill mine

 

[mostwanted]

4 quarts= 1 gallon

 

[lochenjons]

4 quarts= 1 gallon

Yup .
If it only is supposed to be filled half way how come some covers come with a fill plug and its always on the top? I'm just about done, time for a little test drive