I was changing my rear end lube and I found a u shaped thing stuck to the magnet on the cover. I'm wondering what this is for and what do I do with it? It looks like the c clips are in place so I don't know what this is from.Unless a previous owner left it in there on accident.

umm..that keeps your axle from flying out the axle tube if it's your c-clip...which is the only U shaped item inside the rear....put that on quickly before you even consider driving again.

Got a picture of it? or a better description?

i think both clips are in and i haven't had any problems with it in the past.

heres a link to what it looks like but if theres only two clips then i think they are in.



http://www.off-road.com/trucks4x4/da...789/C-Clip.jpg

if that was what was stuck to the magnet, that's not good..but if both are installed..maybe someone left an extra floating around inside?

If you have one on each axle then someone left an extra in there.

thanks