Re: Front Diff Issue? - PhilD, you there?
Those two items might be tied to each other. That bolt the rear mount for your front diff. If it is allowing the diff to move, you probably have tweaked the front diff some.
FWIW, mine looks similar but is not loose. There is a rubber bushing above and below that plate.
Maybe the leak is just a seal due to the tweaked diff, but you have a lot of fluid at the center, where the halves to come together and I haven't seen a seal leak to over there.
Chances are you have a seal on the DS leaking and also the halves are leaking where they join. They don't have a gasket and are just milled and bolted together. With the diff being alum. it's pretty easy to torque it. There are instances where the front diffs have cracked.
I had my front diff case replaced under warranty because they could not get the leak to stop at where the 2 halves bolt.
What makes the bolt come loose? They're bolts on an H2.... the come loose. I had front suspension bolts loosen on the way to Moab, I'll find an occasional bolt loosed up a bit now and then. It's just the torquing of the body and frame from being off-road, I guess.
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