Like the title says!
I had a small leak along the bottom of my differential cover (btw I have had a BF brace on for two years). I did not like the idea of Ford making it worse, so I tried tightening the bolting with no success. I figured I had nothing to lose by attempting to stop the leak from the outside, before I drop the rear and re-seal.
Anyway long story short I purchased a can of Ultra Flange II from a Honda dealer, cleaned off the leak residue completely and then applied a bead about two inches long at the seem along the bottom of the diff cover and housing. I spread out the bead with my finger to "cover" the entire area that was leaking/seeping.
After a few weeks of both normal and spirited driving I am happy to report no sign of any leak what so ever! This stuff sets up into on of the strongest, well adhering RTV type product that I have ever seen.
I had read a post from here (2005 I think) were a guy had mentioned that he had used it and had not leaked again in more than 8 months, so I figured that I would try it, and boy am I glad that I did :rockon:
I figured I would make a new thread to alert all the "newer" guys to this possible (easy) fix........ it may be a "band-aid" but hey it works!
I had a small leak along the bottom of my differential cover (btw I have had a BF brace on for two years). I did not like the idea of Ford making it worse, so I tried tightening the bolting with no success. I figured I had nothing to lose by attempting to stop the leak from the outside, before I drop the rear and re-seal.
Anyway long story short I purchased a can of Ultra Flange II from a Honda dealer, cleaned off the leak residue completely and then applied a bead about two inches long at the seem along the bottom of the diff cover and housing. I spread out the bead with my finger to "cover" the entire area that was leaking/seeping.
After a few weeks of both normal and spirited driving I am happy to report no sign of any leak what so ever! This stuff sets up into on of the strongest, well adhering RTV type product that I have ever seen.
I had read a post from here (2005 I think) were a guy had mentioned that he had used it and had not leaked again in more than 8 months, so I figured that I would try it, and boy am I glad that I did :rockon:
I figured I would make a new thread to alert all the "newer" guys to this possible (easy) fix........ it may be a "band-aid" but hey it works!
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