Posted By: Marten Ted
Mechanics question - 05/19/20 07:43 PM
This one is for all you mechanical guys out there. I realize there may be better places to ask but I know some of you are fairly knowledgeable in this area. Today I decided to change the gear oil in my rear differential on my 97 F350 PSD. Gear oil hadn’t been changed since I got the truck and was definitely ready. After draining the oil I was cleaning out the housing and found these in the bottom, along with quite a bit of small flakes. Definitely didn’t thrill me to see. I looked at all the gears and they seemed fine except the one in the back ( forgive me I don’t know all the names) was somewhat chipped on the front of the teeth. I know that a few metal flakes is probably nothing to worry about but these seemed a little much. So have any of you guys seen this before? What should I expect and what should I do about it other than fill it back up and keep driving? Any opinions or experience in this area would be greatly appreciated.