Leaky rear differential

[Ilovebeingadad]

Lucky me, my XC's rear diff has a crack in it and I'm leaking fluid... it slowly leaks, then drips onto the exhaust and burns...So basically I thought the worse with my 2 toddlers in the car and the tranny blowing...I first went to the dealer and he quoted me $3500 for a fix... whaaaaaat!!!!! .I nearly fainted. I took it to my mechanic he said that he would refill it and not to worry, a rarity yes esp on a one piece diff. but he said just to keep it filled and seeing its such a heavy fluid in the winter it should leak less. So here we are....does anyone else have a leak problem or am I the only one? :confused:

[santon]

not sure if you can see the crack, but I would try jb weld. its a 5-6$ tube (actually two tubes). you mix them and it makes a paste and its like a weld. buy that, mix them, smeer it over the crack making sure it gets in there and let it dry. if the crack is that small it should fix it.

[Ilovebeingadad]

Apparently the crack is near a seal and unable to use a weld compound...

[santon]

JB WELD DOENST GENERATE ANY HEAT OR ANYTHING.
its in a tube, try it, its cheap and may work.