SolidJunkMM

Well as I near the quarter million mark I am planning some routine fluid changes. One of which is the rear diff gear lube. What is the main advantage of the MagHytec rear cover? Is this money well spent? What I need are some good hard fact, and personal experiences to use to sell this to my wife as preventive maint.<br><br>Thanks<br>Joe

Nevada

-Dipsick to make it easy to do periodic level checks.
-Magnet on dipstick to pick up ferous particles.
-Increased capacity.
-Drain plug makes fluid changes easier.
-Makes your wallet thinner, lighter and easier to carry.

These guys also make a less expensive cover with a magnetic drain plug and increased capacity, but without dipstick.

http://www.yourcovers.com/newdifferential.htm

KATOOM

Very cool. I would pay $100 less for one and give up the dip stick. No o-ring but how many times do you take it off anyway?

Commatoze

[quote author=Nevada link=board=7;threadid=14865;start=0#139410 date=1053228980]<br>-Dipsick to make it easy to do periodic level checks.<br>-Magnet on dipstick to pick up ferous particles.<br>-Increased capacity.<br>-Drain plug makes fluid changes easier.<br>-Makes your wallet thinner, lighter and easier to carry.<br>...............<br>[/quote]<br><br>Probably disipates heat better, but most importantly, they look very cool. 8)

TPilaske

You also have to pay extra for a temp port on the tranny pan with the &quot;yourcovers&quot; or drill it yourself.

I like all my Mag-Hytec covers... ;D


Tony

BigBlue

Yall ever seen the diff covers with the flaming skulls in them? I want one of those. I think they look 8).

KATOOM

<br>NO! Where do you get one of those?

phox_mulder

And there's always the clear Lexan covers.<br><br>Can't remember the web site, but there was a post on dodgetrucks.org and pavementsucks.com a while back.<br><br>Company is in Utah, and they have a nice lifted Dodge with a Utah plate on their front page.<br><br><br>phox

KATOOM

That sounds cool to but I would be afraid of it breaking and not knowing untill it was to late.

BigBlue

[quote author=KATOOM link=board=7;threadid=14865;start=0#140333 date=1053464479]<br><br>NO! Where do you get one of those?<br>[/quote]<br><br>I'll get the website tonight and post it up here. They also have other designs. One of them is a spider.

phox_mulder

[quote author=BigBlue link=board=7;threadid=14865;start=0#140354 date=1053466903]<br>[quote author=KATOOM link=board=7;threadid=14865;start=0#140333 date=1053464479]<br><br>NO! Where do you get one of those?<br>[/quote]<br><br>I'll get the website tonight and post it up here. They also have other designs. One of them is a spider.<br>[/quote]<br><br>I've also seen one with a molded Ram's head on it.<br>Stuck out at least a foot, but looked cool<br>Could it be from the same company?<br><br>phox

phox_mulder

[quote author=KATOOM link=board=7;threadid=14865;start=0#140353 date=1053466884]
That sounds cool to but I would be afraid of it breaking and not knowing untill it was to late.
[/quote]

It is really, really thick plastic, same stuff they make bulletproof windows out of.

There was a followup thread on Dodgetrucks.org (I think), some individual has fabricated a guard of some kind, mainly to keep from denting nice looking diff covers, and it would work with the clear ones as well.
Very easy to tell the level of the lube, and can tell at a glance if you have water contamination as well.

And I found it, here's the website.

http://www.cleargearz.com/


phox

KATOOM

WOW...better than I thought. I just saw the ones that have pictures on them like the ram or spider or screaming face, too. These are to cool!!! I would love to have a set.

SolidJunkMM

Back to the intent of of my post. What are the pro's and cons of dropping the bucks on one of the performance minded covers?<br><br>Thanks<br>

phox_mulder

Are you saying we got a wee bit off track?

I believe the only advantages are:
(as posted a couple posts previous)

Dipsick to make it easy to do periodic level checks.
-Magnet on dipstick to pick up ferous particles.
-Increased capacity. (keeps things less hot)
-Drain plug makes fluid changes easier.
-Makes your wallet thinner, lighter and easier to carry.

and I might add, looks better than the stock cover.

As far as cons go, I haven't heard of any, except maybe the wallet part, for the rear at least.

For the front cover, the MagHyteck and others, being bigger stick out more and rub the trac bar.
(2WD versions don't have to worry about it )


phox