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[1999hoe]

apparently my axle seal is gone and dropping grease in the drivers side brake drum along with my differential seal is also going now i gotta replace the drum,shoes, brake cylinder and all the hardware.....

 

[foreverfalcon40]

It happens...I just did that not to long ago.. Seal was less then 5 bucks...cheapest part costs the most dmage!

 

[puckhead]

Damn that sucks dude, good luck fixin it though

 

[Grebbler]

One of my axle seals is going, also.

Are they hard to replace?

 

[black95]

One of my axle seals is going, also.

Are they hard to replace?

they arent hard at all. maybe 1 hour job doing both side w/o a lift .

removal
1)remove differential cover
2)Remove 8mm bolt on pin
3)remove large middle pin
4)push axle straight in(c-clip will fall off)(do not turn axle when removing)
5)pull axle straight out
6)pry seal out

reassemble
1)Push axle in ( do not turn), align in spider gear, push in until axle stops.
2)replace c-clip
3)pull axle towards you until it stops (maybe 1/2in to 1 in)
4) place large middle pin back in
5)replace 8mm bolt (non perminent lock-tite)
6) clean and reseal differential cover
7) add oil

 

[305Tahoe]

might as well do a Rear Disc conversion!!!!
hit me up if your interested...

 

[992door]

Hey atleast you dont have to do what i did and rebuild the whole rearend. Spent 1000+ on that. Could be worse.

 

[1999hoe]

i know but after spending that 550 on the distributor gear and tune up this truck act like it knew i was tryna save my tax money and was like ahhh no **** that your spending that shit on me ..........

 

[992door]

oh yea and i spent 1500 on a trans rebuild probably less than a month before that. It will get better just give it some time. Got to take the good with the bad

 

[ravingmadman]

If you have a rear wheel cylinder leaking, it will give the exact same appearance, FWIW. Also a super easy fix.