New Column for BCO, “Mechanical Maintenance”. In This Issue, “Have You Thought About Your Differential Lately?”

Have you thought about your differential lately?

Perhaps you should.

Following is a preview of some of the insights in our new column “Mechanical Maintenance”.

Sure, we all try to do our oil changes every 5000 kilometres, give or take 2000 for some of us, but what about some of the other crucial components that may have been overlooked? One important and often neglected component of your tow vehicle is your differential….(continued in the column in the Jan/Feb issue of BC Outdoors).

When the differential fails, you lose the ability to move forward or backward with your drive wheels…(continued in the column in the Jan/Feb issue of BC Outdoors).

…This is why you need to have enough clean, uncontaminated fluid in the differential and, more importantly, the correct fluid….(continued in the column in the Jan/Feb issue of BC Outdoors).

If you have a good set of tools and a bit of automotive know how, this service can be performed in your garage at home…(continued in the column in the Jan/Feb issue of BC Outdoors).

…You will now have the peace of mind that your differential is in good working order and “the big one” will be a fish and not a tow bill resulting from a blown differential out on the road.