Gtr Diff Leak

[GTR_NUTZ]

Hey my diff is leaking like a SOB and I'm gonna take off the backing plate to try and seal it up again. Do they run a gasket or siastic?

And is the backing plate easy to take off? Are the axles mounted in the backing plate and is the backing plate mounted to anything else under there?

Sombacisly my question is does it just pop off?

Thanks for your help.

[GTR_NUTZ]

Gasket of silastic I mean..

[turboedsloth]

Drain whats left of your oil, remove the backing plate, scrap off any glue/silastic/gasket on the surfaces, you can even give them a light oil stone if you can, wash teh surfaces with carby cleaner/ brake cleaner or another alcohol that dries clean, put a bead of blue rtv sealant on the diff backing plate, put it all back on and fill with oil

[EJD001]

do the gtr's have a r200 rear diff..

if so when i put my 2way in, i got a new gasket from nissan. even at trade price i payed close to $90 bucks.

my thoughts are if your doing to do a job, do it once and properly.

[turboedsloth]

RTV sealant works just as well as a diff hat gasket.

[GTR_NUTZ]

Hey! Yeah I just went to Nissan now and the gasket is $83.07!! I'll still silastic the crap out of when i put it on. I also need to replace the seals where the axles come out from so the whole pumpkin needs to come out...

So remove exhaust, disconnect the drive shaft, disconnect the axles, 2 bolts ontop of the backing plate going into the sub frame then there is a bracket holding the diff up to the sub frame so disconnect them. And there is a pin up top holding the diff into the sub frame for extra support or something and the then just give it a wiggle back and front and it 'should' just pop out.... Just dont be under neath it!!

[urtwhistle]

TOYOTA "BLACK" SEALANT IS YOUR FRIEND................ THAT IS ALL.

[EJD001]

haha i have a few tubes of that at home.. and yes, its great stuff!!

[StevenCJR31]

the shop that did my diff used automotive silastic on the cover of my diff. . . .no leaks,ive used selleys ALL CLEAR (already had it in garage) on a diff cover once before with no leaks either