Differential covers for a lifted Tahoe?

[Trey Hardy]

Wanted to know if anyone spit a mag hytec or other differential cover on a suv and what issues they ran into? I already have a spoon adjustable control arm so I have more Clearance and I’m lifted 6-7” in the rear
I’m leaning towards the mag hytec if it’ll clear the sway bar I’ll go that route if it hits the panhard I’ll get my fab shop to make new panhard brackets (longer) on the axle side to raise it away further from the axle
Any help is appreciated thanks

 

[Doubeleive]

most likely a mag won't fit, probably better to go with a pml or something a little slimmer

 

[wjburken]

Wanted to know if anyone spit a mag hytec or other differential cover on a suv and what issues they ran into? I already have a spoon adjustable control arm so I have more Clearance and I’m lifted 6-7” in the rear
I’m leaning towards the mag hytec if it’ll clear the sway bar I’ll go that route if it hits the panhard I’ll get my fab shop to make new panhard brackets (longer) on the axle side to raise it away further from the axle
Any help is appreciated thanksView attachment 367724View attachment 367725

Is that picture of your rear axle taken with the vehicle resting on the floor? If so, in my opinion, no matter what you go with, you’d be better off extending the bracket on the axle end of the bar up so the bar is pretty close to level when the vehicle is at rest. The way it looks now, you’re getting an awful lot of side motion in the rear axle as that panhard swings through its arc of travel at the axle end.

 

[Trey Hardy]

The pic is when I first installed the panhard bar and trailing arm drop brackets I had not adjusted it yet and weight was off the springs as you see everything was a lil crooked I got the axle centered since the picture lol

 

[Trey Hardy]

Planning on cutting the brackets off and weld new extended ones to raise the panhard off the rear End a extended 5-6” which should give more then enough clearance for a mag hytec diff cover

 

[intheburbs]

My 2500 Suburban already had Mag Hytec when I bought it used. No adverse effects, 225k on it.

But, then again, I don't even have a swaybar back there, so there seems to be plenty of room.

 

[Trey Hardy]

fabtech finally emailed me back I’m going to be ordering the relocation brackets I need for the panhard bar get that squared away it should give me plenty of room I’m hoping anyways but we shall see
Here’s part numbers if anyone happens to need them as well