Thread: changing diff oil on defender with rear axle guard

Originally Posted by rick130

FWIW the Solid cover is designed for a high pinion Dana 60 so does have a high fill point, but if you just add 2.3l the pull level might be too low as the cover probably ends up giving a different volume to stock.
I used to deliberately overfill (3l) as I was running oil lubricated wheel bearings.

Sorry if this is stupid question but is the Solid guard an add on that goes over the diff or a stronger replacement cover for the diff?

My bearings are also oil lubricated. I understand that the front are emptied and refilled separate to the diff but not the rear. Is that correct?

Originally Posted by modman

and allows a decent diff shave as well
rick is spot on 3 litres of appropriate oil will do the job.

Yep, I cut so much off the bottom of the Sals I had to reposition the bottom bolt.

It pretty much mirrored the Rover diff for clearance.