day_shu

Shop recommendation on the rear differential: do not replace it at this time. Inspect: technician took a sample of the rear differential fluid that had been in the vehicle for about 500 miles. Fluid was not burnt, had a decent color, and no major debris was present. There was a noticeable amount of metal particles in the fluid and on a magnet dipped into the sample, showing wear internal to the differential. Shop stated a new rear differential assembly is the only correction to internal differential damage; no rebuild is available. Four wheel alignment: prior alignment spec could be overly toed in. More neutral alignment performed. Invoice 24519. Service writer: Zach Schroeder. Labor $426.80, processing fee $12.80. Warranty: parts and labor one year, unlimited mileage.

Differential Leak- Repair rear half shaft seal., Labor Service - Replace item(s) replace customer supplied driver side diff seal. Dissasembled driver side suspension arms and brakes to access drive shaft. Upon reassembley while torqueing the bolts, the toe arm bolt pulled the threads from the steering knuckle on the 90 degree final rotation. After removal it was apparant that the whole had had an previously attempted repair. Had to drill and thread whole for a thread insert which held torque. Diff is a little noise to me customer said that he had never noticed anything so we are gonna ship the vehicle and if the noise is to much, the customer will return for further diag., Processing Fee

Total alignment — rear camber corrected from -1.7°/-2.05° to -1.0°/-0.7°. Rear total toe corrected from 0.15° to 0.35°.

AES ran a steering adaptation (from my MHD) and checked all the steering/suspension components.

Alerted yesterday after driving to Cheyenne, WY and back

Used api, kept oems for rebuild | Odometer corrected 2026-07-01: previously 73,052 (data-entry error); actual ~71,050 per fuel log bracket (71,047 on 2025-11-14; 71,250 on 2025-11-21).