DSNY30

Is it hard to change the Rear Seal Where the drive shaft Attaches. It's leaking a little bit. I want to change the rear oil while I'm at it. Which oil is best and what do you use as a gasket for the cover that RTF or what ever it's called liquid gasket stuff. thanks

jamesyarbrough

If u dont know what ur doing u could kill the rearend. You have to pull the pinion yoke. When u put it back together if u go too tight u will over crush the sleeve and the pinion bearing will fail. Too loose and it will rattle back and fourth and take out the ring and pinion.

If you dont feel completely competent dont do it ur self



I use 75w140 royal purple

Rick's 06

I just did my seals on Friday. If you just do the pinion seal it's a pretty quick repair. If you do the axle seals it's quite a bit longer. What I did to verify I had the same preload on the pinion was to mark the pinion nut to the pinion shaft with a paint pen and then count the number of revolutions it took to get it off. Then put it back on with the exact same number of revolutions and line up the marks you made. Tools you'll need are a 12mm twelve point wrench to remove the drive shaft off the companion flange. A 28mm six point deep well socket to remove the pinion nut and a wheel puller to remove the companion flange from the diff. Then you've got access the seal.

PerryB

Thats a good idea, Rick !

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iTrader: (1)

sounds like you need to take this to a shop for repair.

bwFX42006

Agreed ^^^

I had a friend try and replace my pinion seal, he's a very good mechanic...but even after he had replaced it, I still had to have a majority of the rear-end rebuilt. Luckily it was covered under my extended warranty. This is not something I would suggests for a typical shade tree mechanic...unless you have an extra grand laying around to rebuild the rear if something goes wrong.

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iTrader: (1)

It also requires special tools...