Looking at buying a car that has a leak. Any trick to replacing the seal? I'm not familiar with this piece.
Looking at buying a car that has a leak. Any trick to replacing the seal? I'm not familiar with this piece.
I had to do that to my van, but I don't really know what rear end that is -- my understanding is that they're all pretty similar. It was a pretty straightfoward operation: I dropped the drive shaft off the diff flange, pulled that diff flange off, then marked the pinion nut and counted the number of threads. I pulled the nut off, replaced the seal, then put the nut back to the exact number of threads and the exact orientation so that the bearing pre-load would stay the same. Only took me a couple hours all told.
The seal is easy.
Getting the bearing preload right is the critical part.
In reply to iceracer:
So is there more to it than wae says? I've done it on other rearends over the years, just not this one. if the process is the same then I'm not too concerned. I'm just wondering if there is anything special about the 8.8 I need to know.
Well, if Wae is describing what he DID, and Iceracer is just telling you what to DO . . . I'd believe Wae.
Sorry, there is a LOT of pop up crap, but the info is pretty good.
http://www.ringpinion.com/b2c/ProductDetails.aspx?ProdID=8272&Product=SK_CSF8.8&Brand=Yukon_Gear_and_Axle
Get the seal and new nut from Randy's as well.
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