[101screamingeagles]

Well after a long day of wheelin' yesterday I got home and discovered a blown seal. It's on the front drivers side right before the knuckle. How do you replace this?

 

[aw12345]

Take axle shafts out, take diff cover off, then take diff carrier out. Make sure you either mark the bearing caps or see if the factory marks are visible. You do not want to mix those up. Same goes for the bearing races. Once that is all out of the way, you can pry the seal out. After that you make a little installer tool and press the new one in. Then reassemble.

 

[101screamingeagles]

I take it there's my an easier way to fix this

 

[aw12345]

I take it there's my an easier way to fix this

Put oil in it, other than that, that is what's needed to get it fixed

 

[101screamingeagles]

Damn it

 

[JPi1]

No easy way around it, but before sliding the axles in, we always use a scothbrite pad to smooth out the splines so there's no rough edges going into the new seals.

 

[Chris]

I take it there's my an easier way to fix this

Pay someone else to do it?

 

[101screamingeagles]

Pay someone else to do it?

Oh no I'm going to do it myself just feel like bitching about for a little bit

 

[Chris]

It's really not all that bad just kind of a pain.

 

[101screamingeagles]

Ya I here ya is it bad that I'm driving on it like that? It's my only vehicle so I'm forced to do so....

 

[aw12345]

Ya I here ya is it bad that I'm driving on it like that? It's my only vehicle so I'm forced to do so....

Just make sure you keep oil in the front diff, even with the front axle disconnect there still will be some stuff spinning in the diff, that needs oil to keep from seizing up