Road Rage

As the topic asks - has anyone who has replaced their diff's fluid and gone with LE-607 had a failure? I am just doing some field engineering follow-up analysis.

xviper

I'll delete any post that does not answer this question directly:
"has anyone who has replaced their diff's fluid and gone with LE-607 had a failure?"

Come on guys, post ONLY if you have had a FAILURE with this fluid. Thanks.

Dezoris

How can you take in account hard launches or driving style?

My buddy just blew his diff, on it. 01 32k miles.
It was not run from the start, but for the past 13k miles.

jyeung528

TTT

silvers2k01

Why would you bump this?

Dave-ROR

Probably because someone recently had a failure with LE607 with almost 100% LE usage (all LE607 since 2k miles or so)..

cdelena

My diff failed with LE in it but I don't think it had anything to do with the lubricant. My diff failure like most was not a wear issue (which is all the lubricant can prevent), but a shattered pinion. I think the direct cause on my car was the fact I used my track tires on the street and since they stick instead of slip the load on the diff was too great during one acceleration. IMO the diff (at least the MY00 part) has marginal strength for the application.

v2deLsoL

From what I understand, this the OEM fluid from the factory? I seriously doubt the fluid caused differential failure. Otherwise, it totally contradicts the entire

SC_Highlander

No, LE607 is not the factory fill for the diff.

negcamber experienced a failed pinion last month and was running LE607. I don't know how long he had been running it, however.

jyeung528

whoa....

2 shattered/failed pinions on diffs using le-607.

can we get more info on this???

cdelena, shattered pinion just for running r-comps on the street? thats not too extreme of a condition to shatter a pinion do you think?

i'm curious as to what caused negcambers failure...