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MPREZIV · 2006-02-20, 10:41 AM

Just thought it would be pertinant to check up on you guys and let you know about a prob. I've seen here recently.

The first run of trucks had a standard steel rear diff cover, and standard dead dinosaur fluid. These rear diffs are subject to overheating. The paint on the rear cover starts to peel, and now that we've got some trucks in the area that are getting up to and past 30k miles, we've seen some with teeth broken off of the rear diff ring gear!

Although this hasn't represented itself as quite the epidemic that the brake shudder did, we have gotten a small handful needing new rear ends. Nissan decided that it wasn't an issue big enough to issue a recall for, but to only repair the vehicles that customers came in to complain about. The repair was to replace the rear cover with an aluminum one with cooling fins, and replace the fluid with synthetic, all of which comes standard on newer Titan/Armada vehicles.

Basically, I just wanted to let anyone with an A60 know that this may become a problem if it goes un-noticed. If your truck has the standard steel rear diff cover, come in asap and have it changed out for the updated parts.

If you do have the updated parts already, or even a newer truck with them standard, I'd still like to tell you that you should keep an ear open, so to speak, for noise from the rear diff. Anything unusual should def. not be ignored. I'd hate to hear that anyone got stuck on the side of a road somewhere because the rear diff took a crap on them!

Just a heads up from your resident Nissan Tech!

2006-02-20, 10:41 AM	#1
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	Attn: Titan/Armada owners Just thought it would be pertinant to check up on you guys and let you know about a prob. I've seen here recently. The first run of trucks had a standard steel rear diff cover, and standard dead dinosaur fluid. These rear diffs are subject to overheating. The paint on the rear cover starts to peel, and now that we've got some trucks in the area that are getting up to and past 30k miles, we've seen some with teeth broken off of the rear diff ring gear! Although this hasn't represented itself as quite the epidemic that the brake shudder did, we have gotten a small handful needing new rear ends. Nissan decided that it wasn't an issue big enough to issue a recall for, but to only repair the vehicles that customers came in to complain about. The repair was to replace the rear cover with an aluminum one with cooling fins, and replace the fluid with synthetic, all of which comes standard on newer Titan/Armada vehicles. Basically, I just wanted to let anyone with an A60 know that this may become a problem if it goes un-noticed. If your truck has the standard steel rear diff cover, come in asap and have it changed out for the updated parts. If you do have the updated parts already, or even a newer truck with them standard, I'd still like to tell you that you should keep an ear open, so to speak, for noise from the rear diff. Anything unusual should def. not be ignored. I'd hate to hear that anyone got stuck on the side of a road somewhere because the rear diff took a crap on them! Just a heads up from your resident Nissan Tech! __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can f*ck for HOURS..."