Subject: Re: Leak in Final Drive
Author: Patrick Hayes
Date: Oct 15, 2004, 10:37 PM
Post ID: 1717708633
lio-@aol.com wrote:
| changed the rear fluid and left the moly out. It has been fine since |
Yikes. The spiral gears of the rear drive pinion and crown create
special shear forces on the oil which do not occur in engines or
transmissions. You really need the moly additive to combat these
forces. Moly is generally thicker than oil, so I doubt it would be the
cause of a leak.
Patrick