Only off a cliff; if your differential siezes your rear end falls off a millisecond later.
If the fluid leaking into the rear tire is not brake fluid then it comes from the differential. It means you have a leaking seal. It means you are losing differential fluid. When the fluid is gone or gets low, you will lose your differential, the gears will strip, you will hear a horrible grinding sound, the rear wheels will lock up, and you will be stuck with the vehicle stopped wherever you are. Hopefully, it will not be in the middle of an Interstate highway with traffic screaming past at 80 miles an hour.
It is in the center of the cover on the rear.
The differential covers are sealed with RTV silicone. There is no gasket.
Rear wheel drive is standard, all wheel drive it an option.
The 2013 Jeep Grand-Cherokee has rear wheel drive.
The rear differential pertains to a motor vehicle and means the differential that is situated in the final drive of the transmission assembly, found in rear-wheel drive vehicles.
rear, most have rear differential
The rear differential plug is located on the inside top part of the differential. Where the drive shaft connects.
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It may be your differential or your whole rear end or it could just be a worn out gasket.
Rear differential in a rear wheel drive vehicle
It depends on the seriousness of the leak. Basically, if you car is not in top condition/repair you should not drive it.
On a rear wheel drive vehicle, the rear axles transfer power from the rear differential to the rear wheels.
transfer torque power from drive shaft to the rear axels
The differential, often referred to as the "rear", is the gear housing which transmits the rotation of the driveshaft to the rear wheels. A four-wheel drive truck also has a differential for the front wheels.
Gasoline, water from the exhaust, lubricant from the rear differential.
It's used on front engine rear wheel drive and most 4 wheel drive vehicles it couples the transmission with the rear differential.