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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.

 

[1999hoe]

well im gonna go full monty after today we bled each side 4 times and still not better replaced the axle seal replaced one wheel cylinder the bad one differential seal and still there effed up so imma go buy new drums shoes another wheel cylinder 2 new bleeders for the front and a master cylinder aswell as replace my lines with stainless

 

[AtomicHoe094]

i thought you were selling the *****? haha

 

[1999hoe]

i should've

 

[Grebbler]

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

Thank you very much for the concise info. I'll make a note to clean the axle so I don't jam any crud into the new seal when the axle gets temporarily pushed past the normal seal area.

 

[black95]

your welcome

 

[1999hoe]

just spent another 2 bills on brand new drums, shoes, hardware, master cylinder and another brake cylinder.....