Differential Breather

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BigCountry

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So whoever owned my 1980 K10 before me decided to shove bolts in both diff vent tubes after cutting them really short.. So I was thinking instead of running new lines, maybe it would be possible to put in one-way check valves on a 2 or 3 inch hose? I figure it would be clean an easy but where might I find something like this? The diffs won't be underwater but maybe once or twice every couple months so nothing mega heavy duty required its my dd. Thoughts?
 

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They need to vent both directions and should be up high out of even road spray.
 

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I may try one of those accordion style breathers
 

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Alot of guys will run the coiled up yellow airline with the breather on the end f it and it attached up high out of the way.
 

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Hm that could be kinda cool. I just don't want a long saggy hose zip tied to some random ****.
 

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On the yellow ones ive seen where they use some brass fittings and actually bolt it to the frame so its not all crappy looking.
 

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