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Old 02-24-2015, 04:22 PM
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2003 blzr 4x4 4wd
Does my front and rear diffs have drain plugs and fill plugs?
Thank you in advance.Tony.
 
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They should both have fill plugs but I'm not sure on the drain plugs
 
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Old 02-24-2015, 08:55 PM
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The front will have a fill and a drain. The rear is a real crap shoot. I have had 4 S10 ZR2's all of different years, only my 2000 has a rear drain plug. You will just have to look.
 
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As stated above, the front diff has drain and fill plugs. The rear diff only has a fill plug, drain by removing cover.
The front diff is filled in two ways: get a hose that will wedge into the fill port or just use the vent hose already there, clamped to the radiator shroud.
The rear requires a hose to fill as well. Be sure to get a new gasket for the rear cover. If the rear cover is really rusty, easier to just get a new cover.

Did this job on my '02 last year. Not a bad job....bit messy, but not bad. Do the transfer case at the sametime. Note: transfer case uses a different lube than the diffs.
 
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Did the front and trans case yesterday... 13 mm drain and 15 mm fill on front(1.3 Qts)..trans drain and fill was a large allen wrench(1.5 Qts ish)...1 1/2 hr labor after clean up...ill do rear next pay day...
 
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