Sand in my rear differential!

Sand in my rear differential!

06-22-2009, 10:12 PM

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Sand in my rear differential!

I was changing my rear diff fluid and when I pulled the cover, WOW! There was a lot of sand in there! Not the tiny, Hawaii kind, but the bigger stuff. I don't recall crossing any deep water or anything like that. How can sand get in my diff? I wasn't going to use brake cleaner to clean it out, but I can't get in there with just a towel to wipe it all out. Have I tatered my diff? The pieces I found were whole, like they sunk to the bottom and stayed there.

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