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As far as I can tell, (and I've performed a few of these repairs) it's just an annoyance. This is also quite a labour intensive job, in order to get the front cover off (which has to be replaced once it's been removed), you have to remove the oil pan, in order to get the oil pan down, you have to drop the front diff either out, or drop it down as far as you can, and then jack up the engine a bit...both of which are not real easy to do.

I believe we would charge somewhere in the neighbourhood of 12 hrs of labour to do this job if wasn't under warranty. If you've been real good to your local dealership, and you don't have too many miles on that truck, you might get them to fix it under a "goodwill" policy. If you are way over on the miles, and you haven't seen the inside of the dealership for any repairs other then warranty repairs, you may not get anything.

Ian