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Old 11-08-2007, 07:12 PM
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Default Re: DIY: Change the Rear Differential Fluid in 07 Tundra w/pics

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Originally Posted by daless2 View Post
A wet axle is where the axle tubes contain gear oil and the axle seals are at the ends of the axle near the wheel bearings.

A dry axle has seals between the differential and the axle tubes, preventing gear oil from going into the axle tubes.
Excellent! I thought that might be the case, but I thought pretty much all axles were the wet type so I was unsure why they'd be called that.

Thanks much!
ben
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