Reinstall Brakes and Install New Differential Cover

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Turbo Yukon Race Week Prep: Putting Logan To The Test...Putting Uncle Rob's Rear End Back Together!

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What happens here

After addressing the brake pads, re-install the brake calipers onto the vehicle. Lubricate the sliding surfaces with caliper grease to ensure smooth operation. Once the calipers are installed, proceed to address the rear differential. Apply a bead of RTV sealant along the mating surface of the differential housing to ensure a leak-proof seal for the new differential cover. Apply a generous amount of sealant, as indicated by the mechanic, “just because we can.” Install the new differential cover onto the housing, aligning the bolt holes. Loosely hand-tighten all the bolts to secure the cover in place, but do not fully tighten yet. This allows the RTV sealant to 'skin over' or partially cure before final torquing. It is recommended to wait approximately 15 minutes before fully tightening the bolts to prevent squeezing out all the wet sealant, which could lead to leaks.

Goal: Secure brake calipers and install a new, sealed rear differential cover.

Tools and materials

Brake Calipers — Reinstallation onto the vehicle
New Differential Cover O'Reilly — Replacing the old differential cover
Caliper Grease — Lubricating brake caliper sliding surfaces
RTV Sealant Permatex — Creating a leak-proof seal for the differential cover

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just a few and i'm out of breath so yeah let's go see if this now works better i'm gonna put some more caliper grease on those sliders there but oh perfect [Music] they are free has the floor looks pretty good yup well i think i fixed the brakes so cool death wasn't really on my agenda what wasn't really on your agenda yeah oh yep me neither that's why we fixed them like i said lube these back up and put the pad on you just hip checked me you get out of the damn way are you ready to install the rear end yep the rear end that you once defiled with your fist you fisted uncle rob for your hand it's a big butthole while you're uh managing that i'll get this on here for you let's use a lot just because we can i get it all the way around oh yeah well we gotta really plop it on down here because this is the gravity drip part ow yeah it is what i get youtube is hard because working on stuff is way easier when there's not a camera in your face and these build videos don't get crap for views so so ugh part of me is just like i don't even want to do this but i kind of have to because there's nothing else to do when you don't have a car that works so it's just how it is did you put all the bolts on your bra they're safe and when you tighten all those down just like tighten them loosely and then we'll wait about 15 minutes to torque them to spec that way you don't smush out all of the glue rtv while it's still wet you want it to get a little bit snug and

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